While staying in Thessaloniki we traveled 2 hours north to Philippi for the day. I enjoyed the ruins of Philippi as they reminded me of the Bet Shean ruins in Israel. I'm a sucker for old columns, pots and cities deemed historical sites. Interestingly enough, the city of Philippi from the time when Paul visited [...]
Category: International
Recalling Greece 2012 {Istanbul & Thessoliniki}
In March 2012, my husband, recently graduated from Truett and I made a journey to Greece with about 50 of our closest friends, classmates, spouses & faculty. Our trip started on March 9 flying out of Dallas to Chicago before getting on Turkish airways flight to Istanbul arriving at 3pm on March 10th. I deeply [...]
Paris 2015 | part deux
On Saturday November 14th, I planned to meet up with my long time pen pal, we have been writing to each other since the 7th grade when I took my first french class. I texted her that morning to see if she and her hubby were still coming into Paris, since the attacks the night [...]
Paris 2015 | part une
Oh Paris. I have long wanted to travel and see you. We knew ahead of time which museums we wanted to hit and when so we could spend the maximum amount of time there. So when we arrived in Paris on Thursday the 12th we started with lunch at a street side cafe before going [...]
UK 2015 | Ireland
We only gave Ireland 2 days one in Belfast Northern Ireland and one in Dublin which is in the Irish Republic. Since we had such a limited time in both places I opted for the early flights to Ireland from Edinburgh, arriving before 10:30 am, so we could see as much in Belfast before leaving [...]
UK 2015 | Liverpool to Glasgow & the Scottish Highlands
The next few days were full of driving so while we didn't do much per se, we saw a lot of the countryside and enjoyed the fall weather...I also napped a lot in the backseat. In Liverpool, we toured John Lennon and Paul McCartney's childhood homes. Initially I wasn't like over the moon about the [...]
UK 2015 | Wales
After a brief visit in London, which was clearly not enough time, we began our great next adventure to Wales. We somehow decided that driving ourselves would be a good idea, because my husband's dad had done it before. You know driving in foreign countries. So we dragged our suitcases behind us to the Europcar [...]
Trip to Israel 2011 {Day 7, 8, + 9}
Day 7: Today we are in the Old City of Jerusalem, we walked through the Gate of the Lion and went to Bethesda (John 5:1-19), not far from here we went to the Church of Saint Anne's, a true example of Romanesque Architecture. We rested here for a while and worshipped. We weren't able to [...]
Trip to Israel 2011 {Day 5- Day 6}
Day 5: Lots of driving today. This morning we left our hotel in Tiberius and headed toward the Dead Sea. We stopped at QumRan, where the Essinses lived in caves in the mountain sides. This is where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, although they are no longer here but are in a museum in [...]
Trip to Israel 2011 {Day 3- Day 4}
Day 3: This morning, we were up and headed to Nazareth, the place where Jesus was raised. First we visited the Nazareth Village a sort of recreation of Nazareth from Biblical times, our guide's wife was actually from Rockwall, Texas, small world! It did rain on us a bit but who can complain about a [...]
