Good Morning my Beloved, the welcoming words I felt whispered to my soul this morning from the rooftop as I peered out over hundreds of homes, seeing the magisty of a sunrise over the outlines of both a mosque and and a church's steeple with a karge, strong mountain in the furthest background. I cannot believe I find myself in a city now over 35,000 years old. Last night I walked the dusty, cobble streets of the Old City thinking of the men and women who have walked these same streets thousands of years before me. I saw the smiles and heard the laughter of girl friends walking arm in arm and couples hand in hand and wondered about their stories. The people of Damascus are beautiful and so hospitable. We met several english and arabic speaking locals last night who so kindly helped direct and navigate us through the winding alleyways and streets of the Old City as we found oourselves lost more than once over the course of the night. We explored the old city as well as some of modern Damascus. As we walked around a church in Old city we saw a group of young boys playing soccer and joined, they practiced their english and we all laughed together, kicking the ball and probably both wondering about the other - it was fantastic.
The flights yesterday were relatively uneventful, a 9 hour flight from dc to vienna and then a 3 hr jump to syria, the view of the desert and we flewn into the country was breath-taking. I am amazed at the beauty though it is so different than what i have seen in other parts of our world. Will write more later my friends, just wanted to send my first greetings from Damascus. I find myself feeling mroe comfortable than I expected, silent often just in wonder of the people and the sights and the wirthiness of being in this ancient city, and I surprisingly find myself more rested than I expected after just 5 hours of sleep in 2 days.
More to come later in the day.... on the journey.....
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