Guides and Trips
Trips
Janet and I arrived in Rome four days early before our group arrives for the canonization of John Paul II and John the 23rd. Today we took a walk around the Vatican walls to get a feel for the atmosphere here in Rome and preparation of the big event this Sunday. We will have 63 Pilgrims and a double-decker bus. There was a light sprinkle today but everything in Rome was beautiful...
2013-11-28 Jerusalem to Bethlehem
West Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
Mountain biking | 14.1 miles
Mountain biking | 14.1 miles
Last day in Jerusalem. Janet suggested I ride my bike to Bethlehem which I did. Interesting riding my bike thru the wall's checkpoint. Had a good time visiting friends and very familiar places. Lots of hills here which insures a good cardiovascular workout. Loved it! Enjoy!
We arrived in Tiberias yesterday and are driver brought my bike up from Jerusalem. It wasn't very hot today so I decided to take a nice long ride and explore some new things. First, the Tanureen Restaurant which has built a new section where we will bring our groups in the future. Then I went to visit Magdala, the center being built by the Legionaries over the place where Mary Magdalene lived. They're...
2013-09-07 Group Run Around Jerusalem
West Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
Running | 3.0 miles
Running | 3.0 miles
It was very hot today Jin erusalem but there was a group of 14 of us that took a run around the walls of Jerusalem. Unhappily, because of my knees I can no longer run but I take my bike and gave myself a good workout anyway. Everyone had a great time "running through salvation history" and we had the most we've ever had before. There were 14 and a wide range...
Since my knees blew out from running too much, I came early to Israel this week and bought myself a bike. So now I am going to ride bikes to explore and get exercise instead of running.
Today I did not go far or hard since I am getting ready and used to the new bike. I was also making a video for 90 pilgrims who will be joining us on Sunday. I...
Since my knees are messed up from too much running and age I now have to ride my bike. But I'm enjoying it. I am going to arrive in Israel on Friday and buy a bike in Tiberias so that I can ride my bike where I used to run through Israel. Yesterday I rode the bike 13 miles around our neighborhood so today I kept it a little simpler at 7.4...
Today it is supposed to be 92° in Lourdes and tomorrow 105° so I decided to start early with my walking tour covering all of Lourdes. This is an incredible Catholic shrine and my wife Janet neither have enjoyed being here. But today I wanted to take a walk through everything to become very familiar and to share it with everybody else.
I started at the main Basilica's going to the grotto,...
Yesterday we went with the guide to visit all the areas related to Fatima and three children: Lucia, Francesco and Jacinta. Today I decided to put on my running shoes and take a brisk walk to all those areas which covered about 7 miles. First I visited the village with the children lived in Aljustrel. You will see their 100 year old homes in detail with pictures and videos. Then to the...
Visiting all the beautiful churches and Catholic sites of Lisbon Portugal. We also saw a lot of other beautiful places and cultural events. Lisbon is a very clean, friendly, and delightful city. We hope that will visit back here again sometime. Enjoy!
With our wonderful Catholic Guide Teresa, we took off exploring the highlights of Lisbon Portugal. We visited the main churches and squares, tried the local foods and had a great time. Hope you enjoy part one. Stay tuned for part two!
Taking another route to view more churches and sites.
We had another free day in Rome so Sean, Emily, Janet and I took off again for another adventure. We wanted to explore a couple of significant churches that we had not seen during the pilgrimage so Seam and Emily could see them. One of them was St. Mary Major, one of the four major basilicas in Rome. Also two of my favorites St. Stefano Rotundo and San Clemente.
We took a...
Our pilgrimage group left yesterday so today Janet and I, Sean and Emily (my daughter and her fiancé) decided to go exploring Rome. We walked 5 miles over five hours casually exploring, visiting churches, sweating in the heat, eating and taking pictures of interesting people and things along the way. Hope you enjoy the adventure with us!
It was pretty warm today in the 90s but I took off for a nice walk after our group left back for the United States. I took a little different course than I normally take to see new things and have interesting pictures for you along along the way. I walked through part of the Old City and around part of the Old City and took a lot of pictures of people...
Our group arrives today so I decided to take an early morning walk along the Sea of Galilee to get my exercise and to immerse myself back in the land. It rained a bit but overall a beautiful walk with lots of birds and flowers blooming everywhere. I always like stepping back to Jesus's time as I watch the fisherman coming in to the little harbors in the morning and unloading their...
2013-03-06 Group Walk Around Jerusalem
West Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
Walking | 3.1 miles
Walking | 3.1 miles
I have a great group of people here in Jerusalem so I offered to take them to walk around the outside of the walls of the old city.
It was a beautiful day and you can see and everybody enjoyed learning about the history, Bible, and the roots are safe. They had whisper sets and I had a microphone and I explained to them that they were seeing along the way.
I hope...
I've been wanting to climb up to Susita for sometime now. Today I had the time and it was a deliciously beautiful day. Hiking up the steep inclines I was again amazed at the ancient people who would build a city on a hill like that and climbing up and downwithout cars or modern roads. These were tough people back then - including Jesus and his disciples. Susita was one of 10 cities...
Janet and I had a free day so I decided to take an adventure. I called my friend George in Bethlehem and he picked me up and drove me to the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem. I started my walk from the place where Jesus was born. That's why the titlist from "Womb to Tomb." I visited a lot of my friends in Bethlehem and saw a lot of sites and I...
