We made it through the slow-moving and confusing security procedures at Tel Aviv airport in about an hour before the short flight over the eastern Mediterranean to our next destination…

We left Jerusalem by train on a warm Wednesday afternoon and made our way to the business center of Israel, the beach city of Tel Aviv. If Jerusalem is home…

Our Jerusalem apartment was about a mile west of the old city in a neighborhood called Rehavia. We were just across the street from the city’s botanical gardens and a…

During the second half of our time in Jerusalem we saw the Western Wall, the Tower of David and Israel Museums, and we took a dip in the Dead Sea.

On our longest day walking around old Jerusalem we paid a visit to Gethsemane and we walked down the Via Dolorosa, which is the street Jesus walked with his cross…

We left Amman on a sunny Wednesday morning and began the drive towards the border with Israel. Although it is possible to fly from Amman to Tel Aviv, tickets are…

If you visit one historical site in Jordan, it has to be Petra. On our last Monday in the country we booked a day trip to the south and Jordan’s…

Like much of the region known as the Levant, Jordan is home to ruins dating from the earliest eras of human history. In downtown Amman are two famous historical sites,…

We left Dubai early on a Wednesday morning and flew off to Amman, Jordan. Continuously inhabited for over 3,300 years, the city was known as Philadelphia when it was part…

For our last full day in Dubai we visited a house of worship and a giant freezer.