Happy Thanksgiving, dear readers! It’s a little late, but I’ve been busy with a quick, action-packed visit stateside to spend Thanksgiving with my family and celebrate my mom and aunt’s birthday (they’re twins, in case you can’t tell from the picture above). Thanksgiving is a really big affair for my family, and the only one I’ve […]
Archives for November 2015
Joyful in Jordan
How much do we love Jordan? Let me count the ways. The joyful buoyancy of the Dead Sea. The ancient masterpiece of Petra. The unearthly beauty of Wadi Rum. The seaside destination of Aqaba. The cosmopolitan capital of Amman. It has stunning natural beauty, some of the best Roman ruins outside of Italy, medieval castles […]
Lauren of Arabia and the Best Day Ever in Wadi Rum
After Petra, we were next looking forward to visiting Wadi Rum, an inhospitable desert made famous as the setting for Lawrence of Arabia (both the real guy, T.E. Lawrence, and also the movie) and, more recently, The Martian. Chris had found a highly-reviewed Bedouin guide company early on, and we planned to spend the full day in […]
Petra at Dawn
Visiting Petra—one of the Seven New Wonders of the World—was one of the top five things Chris and I were looking forward to most on our RTW trip. This ancient city was built by the Nabataean people more than 2000 years ago as their capital and spiritual center during the height of their trading prosperity and […]
Our Spanish Sanctuary
Madrid was a happy accident for our trip. We ended up visiting Madrid not once but twice recently after finding out it was actually cheaper to fly from Fez to Madrid and then Madrid to Marrakesh than between these two Moroccan cities. Same thing for Marrakesh to Amman, Jordan, our next destination. Ryanair came to […]