I went on another embassy-sponsored trip this weekend. It would have been great except the bus was very bouncy and smelled of benzine and the road was very curvy. Add those all together, and you get a great case of motion sickness! I sat in the front seat with the garbage bin between my feet.
When I wasn't trying on the verge of vomiting, the trip was fun. The Krak de Chevalier is one of the world's best preserved Crusader castle. It was the headquarters of the Hopitallers.
Among it's many great structural features, it host one of the oldest indoor plumbing systems! I didn't try it out, but I have a good picture of Megan demonstrating how to use a squat toilet!! To save her a little dignity, I won't post that picture!Publish Post
We also made a quick trip to Ma'loula, a Christian village near Damascus. It is one of the few places where Aramaic is still spoken. That's the language Jesus spoke, if you didn't already know! A woman at the church said the Lord's Prayer to us in Aramaic, which was really cool. St. Sergus is one of the oldest churches in the world, and has been carbon-dated about to 295-325. Our stop there was very quick, so I plan on going back and spending more time.
