Today we went to the ramparts of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, The Room of The Last Supper, the Gethsemane Garden, The Basilica of Agony, the Israeli Museum and had an amazing dinner with our friends...
Israel…after crossing the border from Jordan
Today, we went to Ein Gedi and the Masada Fortress in Israel, but first we had to go through border control to get from Jordan to Israel. Border control was really strange. There was a lot going on around...
Perfectly Preserved Petra
Today, we went to Petra (which means “rock” in Greek) during the day, because, as Brayden wrote in his last blog, we saw it last night in the dark, by candlelight. Petra is a historical site in Jordan. Actually,...
Eat, pray, shop and cruise along the river in Turkey
Today in Istanbul, we went on a boat ride, we visited the mosque named Rustem Pasha, we strolled through the spice market, and had a grand, but bizarre, visit to the Grand Bazaar. First, we went on a private boat...
Superb, Stunning, and Spectacular Sevilla
Yesterday we went to Sevilla located in the South of Spain which was a two hour drive from our hotel. We learned many interesting facts from our amigo, Jamie (Pronounced Hi – May). We learned about when first the...
Flamenco night in Cordoba, Spain
Last night, two amazing things happened…the first was our best friends, the Kavanaugh’s, came to visit us in Cordoba, Spain and the second was that we went to a fancy restaurant and saw a Flamenco dance. It was very...
A day of touring in Berlin
Today we went touring outside of Berlin, Germany to Postdam and to the countryside where the royal families had their castles before the Soviets took over East Germany. We went to a bridge where,...
Germany History and Background from Brooke!
Quick Facts: Area: 221,843 square miles Population: 80,996,685 Population Density: 226.87 per square kilometer Capital: Berlin (population: 3,547,000) Currency: Euro (1 euro = 1.14 USD) Government: Federal Republic – Head of Gov’t is Angela Merkel; Head of State –...
Colorful Cultural Cool St. Petersburg
Brookie’s blog, with a little assist from Brad (dadd-o), and actually spans activities over a few days. Today we explored the very “European” and beautiful city of St. Petersburg by car, foot and boat! After the train ride through...
Exploring The Kremlin and Red Square
Today we went to The Kremlin, Red Square, and The Armory. It was our first day of touring in Moscow and I felt really happy! I was happy because we saw many landmarks and exhibits that I’ve heard about...