This is the Church of the Nativity and this photo has captured my heart. I love everything about it including the lighting, color, and clouds. In order to capture this…
I met my dad in St Petersburg, Russia to start the fifth leg of my “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles World Tour”. It started off with a hiccup since I showed…
as you can tell in this “Photo of the Day”! You can read all about our day doing a 4×4 jeep tour through the desert if you read the blog…
Today is our last day in Jordan and we spent it in Aqaba at Bernice Resort on the Red Sea. I have to admit I am spoiled when it comes…
Khaz’ali Canyon is one of the coolest places in Wadi Rum….and I am talking both temperature and atmosphere. In fact back in history many caravans stopped here to cool off…
Today we spent the day in Wadi Rum, which is a vast desert National Park in southern Jordan. I am going to let Melek tell you her thoughts and then…
It would have to be the Monastery at the top of the mountain. You have to walk an hour to get here, but are rewarded with less of a crowd…
Today was the main reason I chose to visit Jordan (although I enjoyed every bit of this country now that I have seen it) and we got to the gate…
Did you see yesterday’s “photo of the Day”? I only ask because it would have given you a sneak peek at today’s blog about Petra At Night (plus it would…
What do you think? Is this not amazing? Please come back tomorrow so you can read about this magical experience…..plus there is a very funny story about me getting attacked…
For the most part Jordan is a hilly and rocky desert country that has fantastic vistas and not at all what you first imagine when you think desert. With that…
Today’s “Photo of the Day” shows the modern town of Amman, Jordan built around the 6000 seat of a Roman Theater built around 150 AD. If you go back to…
On Sunday I told you about crossing from Israel to Jordan (fyi, I used the northern river crossing) and how I met Melek at the airport at two o’clock in…
So a funny story about this photo, I set my alarm for 5:30am in order to walk along the boardwalk and get a sunrise photo over the Sea of Galilee….
This is the last blog I will be posting about Israel (although tomorrow I have a sunrise photo from the Sea of Galilee as the “Photo of the Day”) and…
Two days ago I wrote a tongue in cheek recount of how everything shuts down in Israel for the Sabbath. Well it is now Sunday and my last day in…
When you are are in Israel, what can you do on the Sabbath to pass the time? Well when I was at the Sea of Galilee this is how I…
If you spend at least a week in Israel, you will have to deal with the Sabbath like I did on my pilgrimage through the Holy Land. The Sabbath is…
Yesterday I talked about exploring Nazareth as part of my pilgrimage through his life and ministry. One of the places I went was the Synagogue Church where he worshiped growing…
Today I woke up in Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus, as I continued my pilgrimage through of his life and ministry in the Holy Land. My goal with this blog…
Ok. I know it is a bad joke and my girlfriend is moaning and telling me to stop it, but I think it still a classic. 🙂 I hope you…
So today I woke up in Akko due to me not paying attention to which bus I was getting on. As I say you can not change the direction of…
Do you need a lift? 🙂 I have been writing about my pilgrimage Through the Holy Land this week. To make sure you don’t miss another “POTD” you should FOLLOW…
Here is the “Photo of the Day” looking at the eastern wall of Jerusalem. During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times,…
Welcome back to the story of my pilgrimage through the Holy Land of Jesus’s life and ministry, which I hope inspires you and serves as a useful guide for you….
They were here together for Jesus’s baptism in the Jordan River. I will talk about this more tomorrow as I move my pilgrimage into the West Bank and visit Jericho,…
On the second full day of my pilgrimage through the Holy Land I basically visited sites of the Old Testament. I hope you will follow me throughout my world trip…
On my first night in Israel I spend the night in Old Jaffa, one of the oldest ports in the world. You can read about the significance in the blog…
I hope you enjoyed reading about my time in Istanbul, Turkey the last two weeks. Today I am going to start a two-week series of blogs and pictures from Israel…
This will be my last blog about Istanbul and I hope you have found these to be informative, entertaining, and even ispiring as you venture out into the world. Tomorrow…