This post has been deleted twice now. So I may just skip the writing and add the pictures. Ugh - when technology works it’s great but when it doesn’t it’s maddening! We thought were going to drive up the back way to the Monastery but apparently our driver was just dropping us off at a… Continue reading Adventure Day: Petra, Jordan
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Travel Day: Dead Sea, Jordan to Luxor, Egypt
We were able to sleep and wake up without an alarm which was lovely. L woke up with a bit of a stuffy nose. But it seems to be nothing more than that for now. R is still fighting through the cold junk in the mornings. We had breakfast which was fine, again staff wasn’t… Continue reading Travel Day: Dead Sea, Jordan to Luxor, Egypt
Travel Day: Petra to Dead Sea, Jordan
Today was just a driving day. We were driving from Petra to the Dead Sea. This is 123 miles and estimates about 3.5 hours. We had a good breakfast in the hotel and packed ourselves up. The kids listened to audiobooks and played some games. Jordan seems very mountainous, anywhere we drove was always up… Continue reading Travel Day: Petra to Dead Sea, Jordan
Adventure Day: Aqaba to Petra, Jordan
Well after such a glorious nights sleep the day before things are back off the rails. I woke at 3am to L and R talking in their room. I got R some more medicine and she was soon back to sleep. But L just wouldn’t settle. I laid with him for an hour before I… Continue reading Adventure Day: Aqaba to Petra, Jordan
Adventure Day: Aqaba, Jordan
L and I got about 10 hours of sleep. It felt amazing! Ty and R struggled a bit and woke up earlier. But still that was a wonderful chunk of sleep for everyone. We had a yummy breakfast in the hotel. Ty and L walked to get water. Then we spent some time relaxing in… Continue reading Adventure Day: Aqaba, Jordan
Travel Day: Athens, Greece to Aqaba, Jordan
Ty was working on uploading the Covid documents to the Jordan website, when I went to sleep. Apparently that was quite the process and took him a few hours. Then he slept for a couple hours before waking up again. The kids and I managed 7 hours of sleep before we had to get up… Continue reading Travel Day: Athens, Greece to Aqaba, Jordan