by kitty | Sunday, May 25th, 2025 | Africa, Egypt, Middle East
Today, we took the “Pyramids, Memphis, & Sakkara” tour. The tour met at 6AM, so we woke before any reasonable time and drug ourselves to the buses. The bus ride was about 2 1/2 hours to Memphis. In the Sakkara necropolis, we saw the Step Pyramid of...
by kitty | Saturday, May 24th, 2025 | Africa, Egypt, Middle East
Today, we took the “Best of Alexandria” tour. We walked through the catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa. We then took a short ride to Pompey’s Pillar, which actually honors Diocletian, and the Roman Amphitheater. We toured the Library of Alexandria –...
by kitty | Friday, May 16th, 2025 | Middle East, Turkey
We flew in to Istanbul (Constantinople) and stayed at the Orientbank Hotel Istanbul – which was fantastic. Breakfast each morning was substantial. We started at Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya), but the line was so long, we went to the Basilica Cistern. Afterwards, we...
by kitty | Friday, February 7th, 2020 | Israel, Jordan, Middle East
Jordan River Friday, February 7th We left Mt. Nebo and took the Exodus route & King’s Highway to cross the Sheik Hussein border from Jordan to Israel. Chris was able to get re-baptised in the Jordan River. We also were able to view Mount Hermon from our...
by kitty | Friday, February 7th, 2020 | Jordan, Middle East
Mt. Nebo Friday, February 7th After our last night at Mövenpick Hotel Amman, we drove to Mt. Nebo. Mt. Nebo is where Moses was promised a view of the Holy Land and on a clear day you are supposed to be able to see the Dead Sea and Jerusalem. But we were not there on a...
by kitty | Thursday, February 6th, 2020 | Jordan, Middle East
Petra Thursday, February 06 We traveled with a large group of mostly couples to Jordan and Israel. On Feb 4, we rode a bus to Houston to catch a flight to Turkey then Amman, Israel. Even though the flight started February 4th, we did not arrive at the hotel until...
