Crusader Castle 5-29

Today, we visited a small village located in the beautiful hills of Syria. This village is called Maaloula. The special thing about Maaloula is that they still speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ. It was such a unusual kind of feeling visiting the church. We were able to hear a prayer in Aramaic, which was so different than any other language I know. I heard that Hebrew and Arabic stemmed from Aramaic, and I think some of the sounds might have been similar, but this was a once in a lifetime kind of experience.

I truly enjoy long car rides. I enjoy long car rides that have movies about our destination even more. I know it sounds cheesy, but we watched Kingdom of Heaven on the way to Krak des Chevaliers, a crusader castle that still stands today. This was kind of like our history lesson today. We were able to see (through Hollywood) what it was like to be a crusader, and what these castles usually looked like back in the crusader-days.

When we got to the actual castle, it was so surreal. It was so old. The fact that it still stands the way it does today is amazing! We climbed, walked and enjoyed the breathtaking view for hours.

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