Today we went to the Yad Veshem Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was a great field trip. At the same time it was very sad to see. The museum was great. We walked around outside and saw a few different buildings with memorials and exhibits and things. Unfortunately, my camera decided to run out of batteries just then. We couldn't take pictures inside anyway, so I didn't miss much. It was very sad. It was a good thing to remember. So it doesn't happen again.
We also went to Mount Herzel. That was a nearby mountain of granduer with lots of IDF soldiers on it. There were lots of memorials there as well.
Learn loads. Loved it.
It was great.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Jordan Trip
Hello again blog . . .
How are all of you???
June 20th (Monday)-
-Today was a wonderful day. We got up early and drove to the Israel/Jordan border. Made it across okay. We visited Mount Nebo. It was where Moses looked into the Promised Land, but never got to see. After that short jaunt, we went to Madaba and saw a Greek Orthodox Church with a mural mosaic map of Israel on the floor. Then we visited Herod's Palace at Mecharous. It was up a giant hill about 20 minutes or so. Our hotel our first night wasn't too bad. It was simply very small roomed and the restaurant was 4 floors below us. That meant we had to walk up/down lots of stairs. Dan is my room-mate for this trip. It was super hot all night long. And the water pressure was non-existant.
June 21st (Tuesday)
-We had breakfast in our little basement restaurant. We visited Petra today. For y'all who've seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the treasury of Petra was the spot where Indi went down the Canyon of the Cresent Moon to find the Holy Grail. We visited some big Tombs and a Monastery. And a Byzantine Church and a Temple. We went to the Belvue Hotel tonight in Aman (the capital city of Jordan). That is a famous hotel. Dan and I were up on the 8th Floor. More stairs. At least they had many elevators. That was nice. Dinner and Bed.
June 22nd (Wednesday)
-We visited a citadel this morning. The Citadel of Aman was great and had so much wonderful stuff to it. It was big and had enough room to run around to our heart's content. We then went to the ancient city of Jerash. If I thought the citadel of Aman was huge, then I was mistaken. This one was gigantic. I got dehydrated and almost died (well not quite) but I was thirsty. There were so many columns and big ancient structures. My buddy Jarrett sang an awesome song in one of the big theatres. It was so neat to see. We explored the city. Got ice cream and milkshakes. Then we had dinner. Bed.
June 23rd (Thursday)
We visited a large theatre this morning. Then we went to visit the Jordan River. It was about a billion degrees Celsius (which in Fahrenheit is practically 110 degrees). It was wonderful to see the place where the Savior was baptized. It was very moving. I don't think there is anything quite like it to sit on the banks of a river you have heard about your whole life and remember the experience of your own baptism as you picture the Savior getting baptized.
Home to the J.C. (Jerusalem Center for all you Americanites).
How are all of you???
June 20th (Monday)-
-Today was a wonderful day. We got up early and drove to the Israel/Jordan border. Made it across okay. We visited Mount Nebo. It was where Moses looked into the Promised Land, but never got to see. After that short jaunt, we went to Madaba and saw a Greek Orthodox Church with a mural mosaic map of Israel on the floor. Then we visited Herod's Palace at Mecharous. It was up a giant hill about 20 minutes or so. Our hotel our first night wasn't too bad. It was simply very small roomed and the restaurant was 4 floors below us. That meant we had to walk up/down lots of stairs. Dan is my room-mate for this trip. It was super hot all night long. And the water pressure was non-existant.
June 21st (Tuesday)
-We had breakfast in our little basement restaurant. We visited Petra today. For y'all who've seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the treasury of Petra was the spot where Indi went down the Canyon of the Cresent Moon to find the Holy Grail. We visited some big Tombs and a Monastery. And a Byzantine Church and a Temple. We went to the Belvue Hotel tonight in Aman (the capital city of Jordan). That is a famous hotel. Dan and I were up on the 8th Floor. More stairs. At least they had many elevators. That was nice. Dinner and Bed.
June 22nd (Wednesday)
-We visited a citadel this morning. The Citadel of Aman was great and had so much wonderful stuff to it. It was big and had enough room to run around to our heart's content. We then went to the ancient city of Jerash. If I thought the citadel of Aman was huge, then I was mistaken. This one was gigantic. I got dehydrated and almost died (well not quite) but I was thirsty. There were so many columns and big ancient structures. My buddy Jarrett sang an awesome song in one of the big theatres. It was so neat to see. We explored the city. Got ice cream and milkshakes. Then we had dinner. Bed.
June 23rd (Thursday)
We visited a large theatre this morning. Then we went to visit the Jordan River. It was about a billion degrees Celsius (which in Fahrenheit is practically 110 degrees). It was wonderful to see the place where the Savior was baptized. It was very moving. I don't think there is anything quite like it to sit on the banks of a river you have heard about your whole life and remember the experience of your own baptism as you picture the Savior getting baptized.
Home to the J.C. (Jerusalem Center for all you Americanites).
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Catch-up Time . . .
This post is for me to catch-up on my blog.
We have been doing lots of school-work and mid-terms and things like that.
We went on a field-trip on sunday to a very special place called . . .
Well, I don't remember where it was or what it was called, but I just know that it was neat. We first went to a shepherd place where we shepherded sheep. It was really neat. We got water out of a well, and other nomadic stuff. Made me grateful for a big giant castle on Mount Scopus.
We did other nomadic things. Well maybe not nomadic, but certainly primitive. Primitive, but much better than I could do without technology.
And I ran on a hamster wheel . . .
We are getting ready for our informal talent show. This is really going to be a hi-light of the semester. My FHE group is doing a movie-preview skit, with me being the announcer voice guy. That will be lots of fun.
I wish to enlighten my fellow facebook people about my blog, so I'm going to send out a FB message to all my friends about my blog soon.
We have been doing lots of school-work and mid-terms and things like that.
We went on a field-trip on sunday to a very special place called . . .
Well, I don't remember where it was or what it was called, but I just know that it was neat. We first went to a shepherd place where we shepherded sheep. It was really neat. We got water out of a well, and other nomadic stuff. Made me grateful for a big giant castle on Mount Scopus.
We did other nomadic things. Well maybe not nomadic, but certainly primitive. Primitive, but much better than I could do without technology.
And I ran on a hamster wheel . . .
We are getting ready for our informal talent show. This is really going to be a hi-light of the semester. My FHE group is doing a movie-preview skit, with me being the announcer voice guy. That will be lots of fun.
I wish to enlighten my fellow facebook people about my blog, so I'm going to send out a FB message to all my friends about my blog soon.
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