We never told this part of the story about our travels in the middle east, but it was an important moment for John. One would never expect to experience a moment that an intervention by God can only explain; there can be no other explanation.
It was hard to believe our fantastic adventure was coming to an end. This was our last day, and we spent it in Cairo, Egypt, with our guide and now friend Sam. we looked forward to a great day visiting the Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo, and a few other sites.
Cairo – The Egyptian Museum and Coptic Churches Read More »
2022 Travel, Egypt, Mediterranean, Middle East
We were happy to fly from Dubai back to Cairo for a few days before returning home. We initially would stay in Dubai for a few days, but we’re happy we changed our minds. Seeing new buildings and architecture was not why we made the trip. It was to see
Alexandria Egypt – “The Paris of antiquity.” Read More »
2022 Travel, Egypt, Mediterranean, Middle East
We planned this cruise from Athens, Greece, to Dubai, UAE, for several years, and it got canceled or delayed because of war and Covid19. We finally got our chance to see areas of the world that were on our bucket lists. Our initial plan was too visit the wonders of
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2022 Travel, Egypt, Jordan, Mediterranean, Middle East
Karnak Having completed the Suez Canal, the Norweigan Jade landed in the port of Safaga, Egypt. We had arranged through our Cairo guide, Sam, for a friend of his to be our guide in Luxor, where we could visit the temple of Karnak and the Valley of the Kings. It
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2022 Travel, Egypt, Mediterranean, Middle East
We landed in Athens from Rome and took the metro to the Athens Gate Hotel. The hotel was in a perfect location just below the Acropolis and across the street from the Zeus Temple. We spent the first day walking around the town and finding a place for dinner.
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2016 Travel, Mediterranean
Our last stop was Istanbul, Turkey. This was the original final stop of the cruise, so when it was changed, for security threats, we already had our airline reservations from Istanbul, not Rome. We arrived at the Istanbul SAW airport around 2:30 and were met by our driver to take
Oceania Cruise, On-board Sirena We arrived at the port to check in for our cruise only to be handed a memo that said, “Egypt stops canceled.” We were taking the cruise to see both Egypt and Israel; the rest was of little interest. Our disappointment was extremely high! We decided
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2016 Travel, Cruising, Mediterranean
Nazareth We arrived in Haifa, Israel, early on Friday, June 17th, for a three-day stay. We had previously, when we were only going to be in Israel for two days, made arrangements for a driver for Saturday and Sunday. That left us with no plans for Friday. After much discussion,
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2016 Travel, Mediterranean, Middle East
Taormina Sicily After a day at sea, it was time to head ashore, Sicily was a place we had always wanted to visit. We headed off with Gordon and Karen to walk around the streets. We passed many beautiful shops and passed the narrowest street in the world (or at
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2016 Travel, Mediterranean