“In these uncertain times…” This has been echoing in my brain probably since March 2020….How many times have we all heard this statement now? Almost to the point of rolling our eyes now…? Or is that just me? Either way, it sounded like a good blog title. How does one...
I have been hearing a lot lately about not being serious 24/7. This is something I can struggle with in my life, especially right now, during this pandemic. I am so grateful for my kiddos who help me to remember to have fun. Playing and not being serious helps me...
On the Northeast side of the Sea of Galilee, we are entering the area of the Golan Heights...where all the conflict was happening round about the 1990s, among other times. There are still mine field signs right by the road, so one doesn’t want to go wandering off on...
Very near the Antonia Fortress is the Pools of Bethesda. Right next to the pools of Bethesda is St Anne’s Cathedral. This is one of the few cathedrals that was not destroyed by the Muslims after the Byzantine Era because they turned it into a school, and were...
I decided this was as good a place as any to let everyone who cares to know such things, that I visited a shop in the Old City of Jerusalem, just inside the Jaffa Gate, that has been there since the year 1300AD. This business has been handed down from father to son...
So there is a building on the top of Mt Zion that was built well after the destruction of Jerusalem in 90AD that is a memoriam for the Last Supper. Truth be told, the place where it would have been has been destroyed. What we do know is that the disciples were...
Our last stop for day 3 is the Shepherd’s Field where the multitude of angels announced Jesus birth to the shepherds, keeping watch over their flocks by night. So this area is, of course, not far from the nativity spot, just across a short valley, and the site is of...
So it’s the end of day three, New Year’s Eve!! Well, as I type this, it is now New Years Day here in Jerusalem!!! Happy New Year everyone! I was too tired after supper tonight to do anything other than go directly to bed. Seriously. Tired. I wasn’t really...
Well, we made it! What a marathon. We’ve been up for I don’t know how many hours, but still haven’t slept yet. We arrived safely, took us awhile to get through the line to have our passports checked, but then the tour company greeted us and were ready to load us...
We have arrived safely in Vienna! Whoa was that a long flight. We stood up and walked and went to the bathroom one time for about five minutes, the rest of the 8.5 hours we were seated, sardined in. Evan said he lost part of his soul during the flight. I’m still...