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Category Archives: Travel
Sydney
A few photos from Sydney. There are many more that will have to wait since my Aussie Internet connection seems to be running on wet string and tin cans.
The view of Sydney harbour from our friends’ apartment where we stayed for a while:
The obligatory opera house shots:
Some colour from the Botanic Gardens:
Resting in the Botanic Gardens:
People walking across the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge. No, I didn’t try it:
Off to Australia
I am going to be spending some time travelling in Australia and New Zealand, visiting family, friends and Hobbits.
Photographs to follow, Wi-Fi availability permitting.
Ottawa Day 3
The Senate Chamber:
The Welsh Dragon in the ceiling. very proper:
The library where photos are Not Allowed. I was told off:
The Anglican Church of Canada Cathedral which looks a little dilapidated on the outside:
And the Office of the Bishop appears to have been moved to a rented container:
But to be serious for a moment – really – a giant apartment block is sandwiched between the cathedral and the diocesan offices:
Ottawa Day 2
Masada
Some photos from a recent trip to Masada, Israel. More here.
Madaba and Mount Nebo
Some more Jordan photos. More here
St. John the Baptist Church
Petra
Some photos from a recent trip to Petra, the ancient (around 312 BC) capital city of the Nabataeans.
More here.
There really is a Temple of Doom
Jordanian public transport:
Jerash
Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Luke 13:34
More here.Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Sanctuary of Gethsemane:
Church of the Visitation:
Yet another Church:The Wailing Wall:Along the Via Dolorosa: