Category: The Zoe Report
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Our Indiana Jones Moment
Read more: Our Indiana Jones MomentHave you ever been to one of the seven ancient wonders of the world? I have… Petra! While visiting Israel, we decided to be like Indiana Jones and jump across the border into Jordan. We went on a full day tour around Petra and saw many ancient ruins. Our fabulous tour guide, Abdul gave us a lot…
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Olives on a Mountain
Read more: Olives on a MountainWhen I heard the words “Mount of Olives tour”, the first thing I thought of was a mountain full of olive trees where we learned how to taste olives properly. Well, the mountain is full of olive trees but we did not get to taste them. Instead, our tour guide Yariv, taught us about how Jesus…
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Happy Chanukah!
Read more: Happy Chanukah!While staying in Israel, we learned interesting things about Chanukah, and celebrated it with many people. Here are some of the things I learned. First of all you should know that Chanukah is a celebration of miracles. The second thing you should know is the history and why Chanukah is celebrated. During the Hellenistic period,…
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Athens- A Place For Greeks!
Read more: Athens- A Place For Greeks!Hi, Zoe here… While enjoying our AWESOME cruise through Greece and Turkey, we stopped in Athens, Greece for a day to walk around and learn some GROOVY GREEK history! We learned a lot and can’t wait to share it with you and take you on our journey walking through the Athens. Katherine here now… Acropolis The…
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The Home of the First Ancient Olympics…..
Read more: The Home of the First Ancient Olympics…..We had a great first day on the cruise and were very excited for the rest of our time traveling by boat around Greece and Turkey. and we became even more excited the next day when we arrived at our first port in Greece…. Olympia. When we got off of the boat, our driver Christos…