Visit my photo album for the Levantine Adventure Tour! Click the link below. Photo Album enjoy! Brenda
Visit my photo album for the Levantine Adventure Tour! Click the link below. Photo Album enjoy! Brenda
Wow, what an action-packed last 2 and a half weeks! I am at home now, reflecting on my trip to Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, and what a trip it was. Where else can you see ancient wonders such as Petra, natural wonders like Jeitta Grotto in Lebanon, cosmopolitan cities like Beirut and small villages and...
Aleppo’s Ommayad Mosque after a brief rainstorm. The only day it rained during our entire trip was our day in and around Aleppo on October 15. We got lucky, though. Our day started at the Citadel of Aleppo, then the Museum afterwards. As we were leaving the museum for St. Simeon, it started to rain....
I have done some previous studying of the vibrant city of Beirut and it is really quite inspiring to be here at last. One thing I hadn’t really realized about the city and the country of Lebanon is that there really isn’t much flat land, except in the Bekka valley. The rest, almost right up...
After continuing our journey through Syria we are finally in Lebanon. I am sorry I have not been able to write since arriving in Syria – we have seen and done so much since my last post! Palmyra was incredible, and of course Aleppo is my favorite. Aleppo is Syria’s second largest city and in...
Ahhh, Damascus, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world! Unless of course you are in Aleppo! Ahhhh, Aleppo, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world! OK, so why do they both claim the title? Well both cities have evidence of continuous human habitation dating back longer than any other cities in the world,...
I have found that a new recommendation we should make for anyone traveling to Jordan would be to read up on Lawrence of Arabia and the Great Arab Revolt when the Arab tribes rose up against the Ottoman Turks in the early 1900’s. A trip to the Desert Castles starts you off with a bit...
We had our first day of sightseeing today, starting at the Desert Castles in the eastern desert. Many of the group were intrigued with the idea that we were on the road to Iraq. But, we never did get any closer than about 150 miles or so. We were very close to the Saudi border,...
At last, after a very long day of flying – I left my house outside Seattle at 4:30am Saturday the 4th, and now it is 10pm Sunday here in Amman – we have arrived and the tour has officially begun. I am here with a group of 14 people to see the spectacular sights of...
Countdown, T-minus 2.5 days and counting. On Saturday morning I will be hopping on a plane to go to New York to meet up with our group going to Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon for 2 and a half weeks. I can’t wait! I just need to finish my packing. I am one of those who...