Madaba Inn Hotel
Yarmouk Street Madaba, 17110, Jordan
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30 Minutes to see a Mosaic in a Church
... to our first stop Madaba.
We only had 30 minutes in Madaba and the main attraction is a large Byzantine mosaic map of the holy land inside the Greek Orthodox Basilica of Saint George dating from around the 6th Century. We went in, we looked, took photos and then it was back to go to our next stop.
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Loving People and Being Loved in Jericho
... for us and proudly presented their "macaroni," motioning for us to eat. We had actually just eaten lunch, but it would have been rude to reject their hospitality. I was totally stuffed already, and it was miserable forcing more food down, but we had to do it. They had gone so out of their way to treat us with honor as guests. Arabs are some of the most hospitable people in the world. I have spent a lot of time in Asia, and most of ...
Mount Nebo & Bethany
... floor around where they would cook meals and discovered the mosaics. When the Franciscan church heard of the discovery they purchased the land and built the man a small house next to the ruins for him to live and guard the building. His grandmother is buried on the property and the rest of his family lives in a small town nearby. When we pulled up the steep bumpy road and honked our horn he came running from ...
La Route des Rois
... sur les bases d’une ancienne église byzantine, au 19ième siècle. Plusieurs autres mosaïques sont exposées un peu partout dans la ville et un centre professionnel forme des artisans mosaïques pour assurer la survie de cette technique ancienne.
Non loin de Madaba se trouve un autre lieu de pèlerinage chrétien, le Mont Nebo. C’est là où Moïse aurait aperçu la Terre Promise pour la première fois. Moïse a sûrement dû ...
Miracle à la Mer Morte!
... plus que l’eau de mer normale. La Mer Morte, située à 417 mètres sous le niveau de la mer, est le point le plus bas du globe. Et aussi l’un des plus chaud. Impossible de se rafraîchir dans ses eaux, qui sont également chaudes. Aujourd’hui, elle affiche 33 degrés Celsius, soit presque la même température qu’un bain.
Mimi est la première à se jeter à l’eau. En fermant la bouche. Même si le sel de l’eau ...



