Tag: History

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

We had the morning off to do whatever we wanted, which our group seemed to appreciate. After lunch we headed

Today we journeyed away from Jerusalem,  past Jericho, south along the coast of the Dead Sea. The first thing I

Up early again today, and then off to the Israel Museum to see, among other things, parts of the Dead

The food here is surprisingly good. I say “surprisingly” because when I think about eating out I don’t think “Let’s

When I began this trip to Israel, I hadn’t planned on blogging, but after I got here I changed my

In February 2010, the wife and I took a trip to Israel with 17 other people. The trip was organized