Playing Tourist Guide
May 20, 2013
Tour bus at the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes at the Sea of Galilee
Whew, are you feeling like a pilgrim yet? I feel like one of those tour guides holding a flag or a pink umbrella, pulling you along the various highpoints of my April journey. I hope that you are not groaning and saying, not another one of Rosemary’s slideshows!
When friends and colleagues asked me, upon my return, what was your favorite part of the trip, I couldn’t name one thing. How do you compare walking a coastal path in Iceland with visiting Kafr Kama, or the souk in Akko to the one in Old City Jerusalem, or my sister’s backyard breakfast with a restaurant meal? I’m not being coy when I can’t name a favorite experience. I loved every minute and feel fortunate for the spectacular sights as well as the quieter ones.
For me, putting together these blog posts about my travels has been pure joy. I get to re-live my trip again as I go through my photos and travel journal, trying to put together a narrative that shows you my impressions of the destinations I visited so recently. I hope you will continue to bear with me. I still want to blog about Amsterdam and France!
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May 20, 2013 at 6:23 am
Of course you can’t name a “favorite” experience, any more than I can choose a “favorite” photo from any given set.
Now, if you’ll just give me time to get some water and go to the bathroom, I’ll be ready to roll again. 😉
May 20, 2013 at 6:30 am
Thank you for sharing your experiences and images. They link me with a world beyond my life and garden in Maple Valley. Please Keep Posting!
May 20, 2013 at 6:40 am
onward and upward.
May 20, 2013 at 6:59 am
I am absolutely enjoying this tour and looking forward to Amsterdam and France! No groaning going on here – only anticipation of what will come next 🙂
May 20, 2013 at 9:45 am
I am so enjoying reading of your adventures – I’m feeling inspired to travel to some farflung places myself.
May 20, 2013 at 10:49 am
Thanks, Kristin. I’d love to hear about your adventures. I bet they might involve a bike or a boat?
May 20, 2013 at 9:49 am
Yes, more please….it is like a virtual trip around the world…from the comfort of home! 🙂
May 20, 2013 at 10:50 am
Thanks, Chris. More posts on the way! I am getting two months of travel for the price of one.
May 20, 2013 at 7:20 pm
I am hoping to have the luxury of seeing albums of your trip! We may have to try to make a quick trip home to see you before we take off.
May 21, 2013 at 4:10 am
I do not have the same emotional attachment or expressions that spring forth about travel images, I tend to feel flat about them. I DO like seeing your experiences and through your eyes. I am reading, I am just taking it in as we walk along.
May 22, 2013 at 7:49 am
Keep up the travel blogging. I am learning so much through your lens, literally & figuratively!
May 22, 2013 at 8:19 am
Thank you for the encouragement. My next big task will be learning how to blog from the road using my iPad. For some reason, this is not as easy as you would think it could be!