Earlier this year Matt and I went to Syria. Though it was a hard country to get into and a lot to adjust to at first, it was beautiful and we both have very good memories of our short trip there. I hoped it would be a country that many people would soon be able to visit and am extremely sad when I see all the conflict that is happening there now. Of course I hope in the end it will result in something positive, but in the meantime it is sad to see such a beautiful country full of so many friendly people in a state of such turmoil.
The photo above is of a back street in the old town of Damascus. The painted door at the end is the door to our hostel. This street, and many others had so much character and are really so old, sometimes it was hard to believe how long they had been around. Certain parts of the old down still have bits and pieces of old Roman columns and the town has just built up around them. I do wish we had been a bit more comfortable taking pictures so we could have captured more of it!
I wrote more about our day in Damascus on our travel blog. Mmm, I'd forgotten about all the delicious food we ate. I'll definitely need to start learning to make some of the things I had on our travels.
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