Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Oh... so COLD on Mt. Sinai!!! Brrr!!!!

Too cold to try and look cute!
Yes... we got lost... our guide left us at the top. Ay... ay... ay...
Was able to shed a sweat shirt, emergency thermal blanket, and regular blanket. We got lost and did A LOT of walking...

Aid al- Adha



The "feast of the sacrifice" took place in December, and it is a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ishmael. He did not sacrifice him as a sheep was provided for sacrifice.

The idea is to sacrifice an animal and then share the meat with those around. This is a picture of a cow waiting to be slaughtered.

Christmas 2007!


Teddy under the tree, and some cookies I decorated with a friend. Yummie...

Thanksgiving!


So you gotta have a nice big turkey... and here it is. Check out the table too!

Friday, November 23, 2007

Into the desert...

My mom and I traveled into the desert... and this was our view...

A wedding...

The bride and groom: They dressed them up like a king and queen... because they will be king and queen of their household.
The sister of the bride (my friend)!
After the wedding...

Mom's visit :)

Mom with our camel driver friends.
Visiting the Coptic Area of town.
At the Mediterranean Sea...

At the Mediterranean Sea

Sweet view...A new friend... and possibly my new Arabic teacher! She's 11 yrs old and was trying to help me w/ my Arabic pronunciation.

London!

Smart peeps in London, check out this place!









The LONDON bridge... I don't care what our tour guide said about it being the Tower bridge.





So this is what happens when you haven't seen grass in a while.... you RUN in it! (Hyde Park).

Paris!!!

Oh so pretty!!!

At the Palace of Versailles...

Check this market out in Paris. :)

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Thailand!






Note: Must make room for the monks...













Look closely at the Sundae with corn!













A sweet Thai woman...

Thursday, October 4, 2007


So... here are pictures of the gift bags...

First night of Ramadan...


Fun times! I got to eat sitting on the floor for the 1st time! Woo hoo...



On my way home... (okay... didn't really take this toc toc all the way home...)

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

The Citadel...



Inside the mosque.

Yum... a box of candy!


I got a sweet package from some sweet friends in Tyler, TX. Thank you!

Friday, August 31, 2007

Garbage City...

If you ask some locals here about Garbage City... they say it doesn't exist.

In this city... men, women, and children go through the trash... and live in it as well. The smell is beyond words. It's heart breaking.

If you look very very closely you can see a red headed little girl sitting on a stand of some sort (on the left hand side)... she is to the left of the the lady sitting on the ground... she's too cute!

These children caught my attention and I am so grateful that I got a picture of them. :)

Visiting a Coptic Cave Church.



Time in the desert... on a camel.

Isaac became best buds with our camel drivers.

Isaac's trip!

My Bubba arrived at about 12:45 a.m. on July 15th. Happy... does not express how I felt to see my little brother!

Friday, July 20, 2007

I will post more later! :)

More new friends...


Met these gals at a stationary shop (different one from my other friends)...

A new friend...

If you don't wanna run down to the market... just send down the bucket.

Visiting a national friends house!



Let me just say that the food was AMAZING. It was delicious, but here they insist you eat until you CANNOT eat anymore. I reached that point and told the mom I was full. She proceeded to spoon feed me... literally. I thought I would explode.

My flat...






The room w/ the teddy bear is mine, the other is the guest bedroom...

B-day gifts...




Thank you to Jennifer, Marie, and Linda who hooked me up! :)

Cupcakes... for my b-day.


A sweet friend helped me bake some cupcakes for a b-day party.