Jordan, Day 4: Abdullah Mosque, Citadel, Christ’s Baptismal Site
It took a long time, but I’ll admit it: I was a little tired today. Not even that tired because of lack of sleep (I actually got to bed before 11:30!), but just tired of touring in general—it does get a little laborious after awhile. As a result, I will be brief: we visited another […]
Jordan, Day 3: Jerash!
Today what was, for me, the coolest place in the entire Jordan trip, and one of the best in my entire BYU-J experience: Jerash. Besides a few in Italy herself, it is the best preserved Roman city of all time! The sites were… breathtaking! Romans were incredible in their architectural and… combat… err… accomplishments. We […]
Jordan, Day 2: Petra!
Today we got up at 5am to go to one of the 7 New Wonders of the World as well as one of the 40 places you must visit before you die, PETRA! I was stoked about this visit, and it was way cool! Though, to be honest, I wouldn’t rate it in the top […]
Jordan, Day1: Mount Nebo, Madaba, Shobak Castle
July 26, 2010 Today I entered the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan! Our first day was pretty low-key at first: we went to Mount Nebo, the place where Elijah and Moses were translated. It had a nice view and had a monument to Moses’ brazen serpent. Next was Madaba, which has one of the most famous […]
Last Day on Galilee Trip: Megiddo, Bahai gardens, Mt Carmel, Haifa
July 15, 2010 Today we went to Megiddo in the Jezereel Valley. Also known as the Valley of Armageddon. Yep, the place where the final battle will take place before the second coming of Christ. It was an amazingly quiet place–only a little bit of agriculture and archeology happening. It wasn’t a big city at […]
Galilee Day 9: Zippori, akko, al-jazaar
July 14, 2010 Our last full day in the Galilee. Our first stop was Zippori (it means ‘bird’ in Hebrew). It had some really famous, pretty cool mosaics. Bro. Brown made the connection that these mosaics were focused on Abraham and the aaronic priesthood and how it is passed via lineage and some […]
Day 8, Corazin, hazor, dan, banias, nimrod’s castle
July 13, 2010 My day was AWESOME. It was hard at first, because I was super tired as my roommates were up until 1am playing pranks on a girl’s bungalow—which, of course, included the girls trying to infiltrate our apartment to play pranks on my roommates… sigh. Maybe I’m just lame (To be honest, I […]
Galilee Day 7: Beth She’an, bet alpha, gan hashelosha, nain, mt. tabor (mount of transfiguration)
July 12, 2010 I thought Hippo was a cool Roman archaeological dig? Beth She’an blew it away today. It had a huge main road, a complete hippodrome that is still used for events (we tested out its projection abilities and we could hear someone sing perfectly all the way from the furthest seats). They had […]
Galilee Day 6: Hippos
July 11, 2010 Today was another class day. Bro Manscill likes to quiz on pretty minute details… kinda frustrating… and sometimes the details he chooses to go over are a little too tangential for me, but some things are really interesting. We talked about resurrection today. He recommended a talk by Robert J. Matthews on […]
Galilee Day 6, Oldest Temple in Israel, Jordan River, Galilee Branch
July 10, 2010 We attended the Galilee branch today. It was sooooooo cool! Not only did it have an amazing view (which reminded me of the view at the JC itself—but in a very… Galilee way), but there was just a special feeling there. Scott Paul Johns, a man who I always thought had that […]