How Do You Top These Past 3 Weeks ????
Greetings All,
I know you were expecting great stories and pictures of my time in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon but sadly this can not be.
- Firstly because I am still in a state of wonder at all I saw and experienced.
- Secondly because I have absolutely no idea where to start writing and I fear that once I start I won’t know when to stop.
- Thirdly because I am still unable to upload pictures, which I have discovered is a problem with the blog site and not with me.
- Finally because I could wind up behind bars if I tell the truth about border crossing travel in the Middle East.
The past three weeks have been the most amazing of my life. They began with Easter in Jerusalem and finished with two wonderful nights in the home of my God Mother/Aunt Antoinette together with my cousins Roula and Jocelyn in the village of Kfarazana Lebanon. My aunt took me to meet all my uncles; I can’t tell you how nervous I was but they were all just fantastic. As most of you know my Arabic is only slighly less than pathetic but my Uncle Fersane put me at ease during a phone call the day before I arrived when he invited me to stick to English. A funny thing happened when my Aunty Antoinette and my Uncle Fersane were talking about my bilingual (in)abilities. My Uncle commented that he thouht my arabic was much better than the 3.5 year old level I claimed (that was how old I was when I was last in Lebanon) which my Aunt replied “much better, he speaks like a boy aged at least 10″. Oh well, at least I made it to double figures!!!!
There is no doubting it, Lebanon is a most beautiful and exotic land. My hope is to squeeze in a second visit before I return to Oz.
My head is still spinning but I just want you all to know that I am back home in Nazareth, in good health and will blog again in the next day or two.
