Palmyra

The following day Abdul took us to Syria’s main tourist attraction, the Palmyra ruins. We made a couple of brief stops on the way at ruins of a castle and beehive houses. These little houses looked like they were straight out of a Dr. Seuss book. The structures are constructed to keep the houses cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Today used for food storage more commonly than they are used for homes.
My knee hurt and my ankle was weak, but I was able to hobble around pretty well especially with all the help from T.J. Our itinerary on this trip is a bit ambitious and I didn’t want to miss seeing Palmyra, “one of the world’s most splendid historical sites” that date back to the 2nd century AD. The ruins were very impressive and TJ and I enjoyed strolling through the site. The ruins are like the Las Vegas strip – from a distance it is hard to gage how massive they are in size. It isn’t until you are looking up and walking through the site that you realize and appreciate the magnitude of each structure and contemplate how it was erected so long ago.