Jordan 2010
Shortly before the dawn of the "Arab Spring" I made a visit to two Arab countries, Jordan and Egypt. Did I learn anything to help me understand today's news? Perhaps it was just a reminder of how far back this region's history goes. How many Springs, how many glorious Summers, how many bleak Autumns and desperate Winters these ancient lands have known!
My husband John had commitments that kept him home, so we were a foursome: my brother Donn, my sister Caroline, her husband Alan and I.
We started in Jordan (I'll write about our time in Egypt later) where it's like traveling through the pages of the Bible. What to us were only place names became lively towns, at historic wells we watched women fill, not pottery jars but plastic containers. We stood on the bank of the Jordan River at the spot where tradition says John baptized Jesus.
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My husband John had commitments that kept him home, so we were a foursome: my brother Donn, my sister Caroline, her husband Alan and I.
We started in Jordan (I'll write about our time in Egypt later) where it's like traveling through the pages of the Bible. What to us were only place names became lively towns, at historic wells we watched women fill, not pottery jars but plastic containers. We stood on the bank of the Jordan River at the spot where tradition says John baptized Jesus.
Click on any image below to see it full size with its caption . . .
