Jerash: an entire Roman city
Well preserved interesting castle, a nice cool breeze was very welcome
We spent wednesday morning hunting for mosaics in byzantine churches in Madaba. Everything is well arranged for the mosaic hunter.
Viviana and I visited Petra about 25 years ago but Marcello and Maddalena were awed at seeing the Treasury at the end of the Siq. Then we mounted to the high sacrifice site for a view of Petra fromLæs mere
First, hard climb to the wonderful Monastery. At the top, each of us gurgled down a half liter bottle of fresh liquid in a handful of seconds :-)
Next, we spent a few hours exploring temples andLæs mere
Nice "castle", actually a building where delegations met
Highly unexpected, wonderful frescoes dating 7th century in the baths. Naturalistic scenes, mostly hunting, and peculiar features such as a musician bear applauded by a monkey (astoundingly similar toLæs mere
This basalt fort is not overwhelmingly interesting. Lawrence of Arabia spent a winter here. We noticed the swinging solid-rock doors and the rock beams supporting vaults and ceilings (wood is not easyLæs mere
Relaxing at the Dead Sea: mud baths and floating on the (more than warm) Dead Sea water.