Posted in Israel on Mar 28th, 2008
We’ve come across a few no-brainer business opportunities since we started traveling nine months ago. The first was in China. With the incessant construction, we envisioned ourselves getting gloriously rich opening a business in cranes and scaffolding. Here in Israel, the same is true of fencing, security perimeters, barbed wire, and concrete walls.
In all seriousness, [...]
Posted in Israel on Mar 23rd, 2008
The sun rose over the Garden Tomb this morning as we joined an international crowd to celebrate this Easter day. Christians and the curious from all over Europe and Russia, from Indonesia and Nigeria, from North and South America, and from Israel and Palestine converged in a beautiful garden surrounding one supposed location of Jesus’ [...]
Posted in Egypt on Mar 19th, 2008
The Israelites wandered in the Sinai desert for forty years after escaping from their slavery in Egypt; we chose the four day option.
For four days, Mark and I wandered through the sands and canyons and mountains of the Sinai wilderness. The nighttime stars in the clear and cool desert air were absolutely brilliant. The land [...]
Posted in Egypt on Mar 15th, 2008
I stand in the center of an enormous temple, my neck strained to see the remains of the massive columns towering above me. The smell of sand drifts across the air, settling slowly, softly, atop the piles of stones that once entertained the world’s most powerful rulers. I turn in circles just trying to absorb [...]
Posted in Egypt on Mar 10th, 2008
It’s like being a kid again….think back to your 5th grade teacher and the really cool unit you did on Egypt. What is it about this country that so fascinated us as kids? Was it the ancient hieroglyphic language, like a secret code that we could write to our friends and our parents didn’t know [...]
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