It's been one week since we got home from our three week trip to The Holy Land.
And somehow, I am still managing to be jet-lagged.
Lack of sleep aside, it was wonderful to go back to the place I think of as home.
Being able to show the husband what that part of my life looked like - the nine-teen year old Brianna's life - was something I had always hoped I would be able to do. Mission accomplished!
Highlights included: coffee in a french press every morning, walking up and down the public stairs, our 9 day Bahai pilgrimage, driving to the dead sea, the amount of laughter my sister and I caused each other, the 5 cups of tea a day, the quiet moments in the Shrines, the smell of rose, visiting each of my favorite restaurants, the bumpy and terrifying sherut rides (a sherut is like a taxi and bus combined), the thunder and lightning storms...
Now, onto the holidays - and right into a new year.
I still haven't been able to get through all my photos, but here are a few of my favorites!
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| Haifa - The Bahai Gardens - Shrine of the Bab |
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| Brooks - Prison Cell in Akka |
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| Bahai Holy Place - House of Abbud |
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| Bahai Holy Place - House of Abdullah-Pasha |
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| Bahai Holy Place - Mansion of Mazrae |
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| Bahai Holy Place - Mansion of Bahji |
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| The Dead Sea |
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| Salty self portrait @ the Dead Sea |
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| Salt on the rocks @ the Dead Sea |
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| 5000 year old city - Akka |
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| Doors |
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| Walls |
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| My Sister Malia |
