Tag: Israel

  • Global Fieldtrip Night –  Holiday Highlights!

    Global Fieldtrip Night – Holiday Highlights!

    What better place to spend the Christmas holiday season than visiting the place where it all started? Our next Global Fieldtrip Night features our adventures in the Holy Land and surrounding areas, where we will share our stories from Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus. Can you name this famous location? This month our session will…

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  • Our Second “Thirdly” Report

    Our Second “Thirdly” Report

    Can you believe it? We have now been travelling around the world for 8 months and thought it was time to share our second “thirdly” report on our experiences between Nov. 14-March 14th, 2015. Here’s what the last 4 months look like on a map… The Good We are still enjoying time together as a family…

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  • Middle Eastern Delights!

    Middle Eastern Delights!

    The food in Israel has been amazing!  It is so flavourful and fresh that we decided not to cook for ourselves, but to eat from some of the best food stalls we have found so far on our trip.  We are not sure what makes their food so tasty, but we think it’s a combination…

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  • Festival of Festivals!

    Festival of Festivals!

    Moving North through the country, we stopped in the city of Haifa, Israel. This city was smaller than Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, but I think it was my favourite. The highlights of this city for us were the Festival of Festivals, and the Baha’i Gardens. The Festival of Festivals is a celebration of all religious…

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  • A different view of Israel

    A different view of Israel

    Our travels in Israel were not limited to visiting religious or sacred sites in the Holy Land.  We also visited some really interesting natural sites. Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park Located about 1 hour south of Jerusalem, this large National Park was really interesting to see.  The first area we visited was an area called the…

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