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Watching the Olympics at the Olympic Museum, Lausanne
Closer to home … Earlier this year while the 2018 Winter Olympics games were being held in South Korea, we went to visit our town’s most famous tourist attraction – the Olympics Museum (Le Museé Olympique). The museum is located on a slope facing Lac Leman, not far from downtown Lausanne. We took a city…
Wadi Rum, Jordan – part 2
Continuing with our desert adventure in Wadi Rum … Wadi Rum is Arabic for “Sand Valley”, as Rum ( رَمَّ) means sand, especially light sand that can be carried by wind. The official site describes … Wadi Rum is a protected area covering 720 square kilometers of dramatic desert wilderness in the south of Jordan. Huge mountains of sandstone and…
Wadi Rum, Jordan – part 1
Recap: I (Chris) was on a business trip in Jordan. At the end of the meeting at the Dead Sea Resorts (see post here), many of our colleagues and I joined a tour to see Petra (see posts here and here). While one can spend a whole day in Petra, some of us were tempted…
Amman, Jordan
I(Chris) had a business meeting at the Dead Sea Resorts area of Jordan. See previous posts. Amman is the capital of Jordan and is considered to be among the most liberal and westernized Arab cities. It has one of the tallest flag pole in the world. Jordan is a monarchy, having gained its independence in…
