by Diana | Apr 27, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Holy Land, Personal Travel, Pilgrimage
I am home now, after having spent a whirlwind 16 days in the Holy Land, first in Jordan, then in Israel and Palestine. My house looks, as my dear friend Denise Bossert so artfully put it on her Facebook page, like my suitcase vomited all over it. I sit in front of my...
by Diana | Apr 12, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Holy Land, Personal Travel, Pilgrimage
It is currently 2:14 AM in Amman. I woke up completely refreshed and ready to start my day… at 1:30 AM after having gone to bed, exhausted, around 11:30. Ah, travel. Might as well take this opportunity to tell you about yesterday, a most amazing day, spent...
by Diana | Apr 11, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Events, Holy Land, Liturgical Calendar, Personal Travel, Pilgrimage
Today was an awesome day in Jordan. Deacon Greg Kandra did a masterful job illustrating the beginning of today’s adventures on his blog here, including photos of our hotel and of me getting some pick up footage of the Jabbok or Zarqa River. It was a fun, albeit...
by Diana | Apr 10, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Holy Land, Personal Travel, Pilgrimage
Yesterday, I took a shuttle bus to JFK to board a Royal Jordanian flight to Amman, Jordan. At the airport, I met the first two of my intrepid fellow travelers, Frank Weathers and Deacon Greg Kandra. (First selfie of the trip, courtesy of Greg Kandra) We had a lovely...
