Tag: Historical

Quick Stop In Sigtuna: Sweden’s Oldest Town

Sigtuna is one of the places in Sweden I never knew existed until our tour leader told us that we …

After exploring the Dalarna region, we continued our tour heading to Sweden’s capital, Stockholm. In between we had short stops …

What are interesting sites to see in Armenia? That is the question Derick and I usually encounter when we talk …

Armenia has a lot of cultural treasures and that includes many centuries old monasteries. Some of them can be found …

Grand. Majestic. Monumental. Amazing! These are few adjectives I can think of to describe the ancient architectural wonders of Petra, …

Neuschwanstein was built for the Bavarian King Ludwig II (1845-1886); it was begun in 1868 but never really completed. The …

Back in March 2013, Derick and I traveled to Georgia. A country in the Caucasus region that was formerly part of the …

Jerash is a city in Jordan, north of the capital Amman. Inhabited since the Bronze Age, it’s known for the …

Amman was known in the Old Testament as Rabbath-Ammon, the capital of the Ammonites around 1200 BC, it was also …

Time flew by so fast. That’s exactly in my head when I went through my photos today. It’s been 10 …