Tag: History

Today we visited the Basilica of Saint Denis, the church where almost all the French kings–Charlemagne is one exception–are buried.

Yesterday, after leaving the castle of Godfrey de Bouillon in Belgium, we drove 2 hours to Aachen, Germany, where Charlemagne’s

If you are like me, most of what you were taught in school regarding the motivation for the First Crusade is

Today we traveled from the western part of France (Bayeux in Normandy) through Paris, to Epernay. Epernay is in the heart

Today we began at Mont St. Michel, one of the most visited and photographed sights in the world. Mont St. Michel

We were in Normandy today. And if you are American, you cannot go through Normandy without visiting the D-Day beaches,

On August 23, 2012, we start our Carolingian & Crusader Tour of Europe. As with our other travels, I’ve developed

The GSB 2012 summer travel journal theme has been decided and the destination set. The time period is 750 A.D.

When I first posted from my trip to Israel, in my last blog post I said, “Time will tell how

This was our last full day in Israel, and it was a full one. We said goodbye to Beit Bracha

I began the day watching the sun rise over the Sea of Galilee from our balcony at Beit Bracha. Beautiful.

This was our first full day in Galilee. We spent the day around the coast of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus

Today we left for Galilee. Our first stop was the road to Emmaus, where Jesus appeared after His resurrection and