Cold Spaghetti
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items: See you later, alligator.
items: Baptism Site
items: Kate, on Petra.
items: THE COOLEST THINGS I DID IN PETRA JORDAN (by will age 8)
items: Dead Sea Swim — The Video!
items: Christmas Weekend
items: The Dead Sea Highway to Karak
items: Kerak Castle
items: Dead Sea Swim
items: cars 2 museum whoops! just a joke (will age 8 )

See you later, alligator.
type: item
creator: holly
date: 2012-03-11T22:54:49Z
subject: Family
subject: Family Life in NOLA
subject: Life in New Orleans
description: Jean LaFitte National Park, in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Paul and the kids have been several times before (visits were a favorite outing of Paul’s while I worked on my dissertation), but yesterday’s walk was a compliment Kate’s unparalleled music class, which had been studying the bayou and marsh. This little guy is along the […]
encoded: Jean LaFitte National Park, in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7463" title="JLF1" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JLF1.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="640" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JLF1.jpg 427w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JLF1-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px" /> Paul and the kids have been several times before (visits were a favorite outing of Paul’s while I worked on my dissertation), but yesterday’s walk was a compliment Kate’s unparalleled music class, which had been studying the bayou and marsh. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7462" title="JLF2" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JLF2.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="640" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JLF2.jpg 427w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JLF2-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px" /> This little guy is along the likes of what you might normally see on a walk through the bayou. Â He was one of several of his size we saw. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7461" title="JLF3" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JLF3.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="640" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JLF3.jpg 427w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JLF3-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px" /> But THIS guy, this 13-footer, HE was the main attraction. Â Not just because of his size… <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7460" title="JLF4" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/JLF4.jpg" alt="" width="426" height="640" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/…

Baptism Site
type: item
creator: holly
date: 2012-01-08T20:52:28Z
subject: Travel
subject: Jordan
description: According to historical documentation and Biblical reference, John the Baptist preached in Judea, in an area east of the Jordan River. Â Being in trans-jordan was a good choice for John for several reasons (note: Aramaic “Yar-deen,” the basis for the modern word “Jordan,” means “fast moving water.”) Â For one, the Jordan River was wide and fast […]
encoded: According to historical documentation and Biblical reference, John the Baptist preached in Judea, in an area east of the Jordan River. Â Being in trans-jordan was a good choice for John for several reasons (note: Aramaic “Yar-deen,” the basis for the modern word “Jordan,” means “fast moving water.”) Â For one, the Jordan River was wide and fast moving, treacherous to cross — so folks in Jerusalem that were less than happy with John’s preaching would have a harder time reaching him to express their displeasure. Â For another, it was a wilderness: grown over and thick. Â And finally, there was some previous religious context: it was believed that Elijah had crossed the Jordan 1000 or so years before in that area and allegedly ascended to heaven in a flaming chariot. Â Isolated, hard to reach, history of drama: John chose well. Scholars have some disagreement over exactly where Jesus visited John, who had started giving folks a wash in the Jordan River to cleanse them of sin. Â Israel has two sites for the baptism (one near the Allenby bridge, which in John’s day would have been a popular river crossing area for Jewish travelers, making it a good spot for enterprising Christian proselytizing; another directly across from the Jordanian Baptism site.) Â Until recently, the Israeli spots held sway over the Baptism claim. Â Then, after the 1994 peace agreement between Israel and Jordan, UNESCO was granted permission to support extensive archaeologic work in the militarized zone. Â There, they found substantial evidence of the area as a pilgrimage site, including structural proof of multiple churches consistent in timing to historical record and biblical reference. Â You can read about the evidence here, including information about the continued excavations in the area. Note: Following much of this evidence, seemingly every denomination of Christian followers has rushed to the Jordanian government offering support to the Jordanian claim of Bethany-Beyond-the-Jor…

Kate, on Petra.
type: item
creator: holly
date: 2012-01-05T20:11:31Z
subject: Travel
subject: Jordan
subject: KatesBlog
description: Not to be outdone by her brother, who has more skills in the writing department, Kate offers up some Petra insight. If the embedding fails, see it here.
encoded: Not to be outdone by her brother, who has more skills in the writing department, Kate offers up some Petra insight. If the embedding fails, see it here.

THE COOLEST THINGS I DID IN PETRA JORDAN (by will age 8)
type: item
creator: holly
date: 2012-01-05T17:29:07Z
subject: Travel
subject: Will's Blog
subject: Jordan
subject: WillsBlog
description: Thank you to the people who made comments. Â I like when people respond to the things that I write on a computer. This is about the cool things I did in Petra. Â Like, I got to hike up a mountain in Petra. I hiked very long distances because I could see a lot […]
encoded: Thank you to the people who made comments. Â I like when people respond to the things that I write on a computer. This is about the cool things I did in Petra. Â Like, I got to hike up a mountain in Petra. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7390" title="Petra (1)" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Petra-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Petra-1.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Petra-1-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> I hiked very long distances because I could see a lot of things. Â Like I saw carvings in mountain walls. Â They were small and big and were reddish. Â They were carved more than 1000 years ago and they did it for their religion. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7391" title="Petra (2)" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Petra-2.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Petra-2.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Petra-2-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> They stacked rocks for god. Â I stacked rocks, too, because I believe in god. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7393" title="Petra" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Petra.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="640" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Petra.jpg 427w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Petra-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px" /> I rode a donkey and mule & in a horse carriage. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7392" title="Petra (3)" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Petra-3.jp…

Dead Sea Swim — The Video!
type: item
creator: holly
date: 2012-01-04T20:39:18Z
subject: Travel
subject: Jordan
description: FINALLY. Â A video. (For the record, when I ask Paul what it’s like, he responds, “I feel like I’m being pickled.”) If it’s not showing up embedded, view it here.
encoded: FINALLY. Â A video. (For the record, when I ask Paul what it’s like, he responds, “I feel like I’m being pickled.”) If it’s not showing up embedded, view it here.

Christmas Weekend
type: item
creator: holly
date: 2012-01-04T20:27:13Z
subject: Travel
subject: Jordan
description: For Christmas weekend, our first full weekend in Jordan, we stayed at the Kempinski at the Dead Sea. Â (Tip: we booked on Hotels.com through fatwallet, getting not only a huge holiday weekend special, but additional cash back through fatwallet!) Here are some pictures of the resort, which is BEAUTIFUL. Full breakfast seems to […]
encoded: For Christmas weekend, our first full weekend in Jordan, we stayed at the Kempinski at the Dead Sea. Â (Tip: we booked on Hotels.com through fatwallet, getting not only a huge holiday weekend special, but additional cash back through fatwallet!) Here are some pictures of the resort, which is BEAUTIFUL. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7365" title="Kempinski (1)" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kempinski-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kempinski-1.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kempinski-1-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> Full breakfast seems to be a common inclusion in mid- to high- end hotels in Jordan. Â The Kempinski’s sets the bar for fancy breakfast. Â Above is Chef Yousef. Â Chef Yousef trained for two years at the Royal Jordanian culinary institute and then trained for another year in Brazil (where his mother is from). Â He worked for several years in Brazil before coming back to Jordan. Â Chef Yousef made Kate special eggs and pancakes each morning. Â At the end of our breakfast, he carved beautiful fruit animals for the kids to eat. Â He also spent a good 20 minutes explaining all the dishes to me, advising me to try different local offerings, and explaining how they were prepared. Â (I’m still pretty sure I can’t make a good hummus.) Fresh honey, including the honeycomb, was one of the things he recommended. Â This comes from a local farmer. Â Trying this was like having honey for the first time. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7367" title="Kempinski (3)" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kempinski-3.jpg" alt="" width="427" height="640" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kempinski-3.jpg 427w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-conten…

The Dead Sea Highway to Karak
type: item
creator: holly
date: 2012-01-04T19:38:27Z
subject: Travel
subject: Jordan
description: The scenery along the Dead Sea Highway is spectacular, and as you climb into the mountains from the lowest place on earth, the valleys, gorges, and climbing hillsides add to the drama and mystery of the region. Â Here are photos and video from our drive from The Dead Sea to Karak, passing Wadi Mujib […]
encoded: The scenery along the Dead Sea Highway is spectacular, and as you climb into the mountains from the lowest place on earth, the valleys, gorges, and climbing hillsides add to the drama and mystery of the region. Â Here are photos and video from our drive from The Dead Sea to Karak, passing Wadi Mujib and driving down to the farmland at Mazra’a, and then turning up to go through the mountains at Wadi Bin Hammad. Â We did this drive on Christmas Eve. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7349" title="Highway1" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Highway1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Highway1.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Highway1-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> The valley here is a major potash industry site. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7350" title="Highway2" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Highway2.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Highway2.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Highway2-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> (That’s the kids with our rental car!) <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7351" title="Highway3" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Highway3.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Highway3.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Highway3-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7352" title="Highway4" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Highway4.jpg" alt…

Kerak Castle
type: item
creator: holly
date: 2012-01-04T18:42:50Z
subject: Travel
subject: Jordan
description: Kerak Castle dominates the hillside of the village of Al-Karak. I didn’t manage any good photos looking up at the Castle, so I am using this one from Wikipedia, by a German photographer named Berthold Werner. The road you see to the bottom left of the picture is the very road we […]
encoded: Kerak Castle dominates the hillside of the village of Al-Karak. I didn’t manage any good photos looking up at the Castle, so I am using this one from Wikipedia, by a German photographer named Berthold Werner. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7339" title="800px-Kerak_BW_1" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/800px-Kerak_BW_1.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="536" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/800px-Kerak_BW_1.jpg 800w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/800px-Kerak_BW_1-300x201.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> The road you see to the bottom left of the picture is the very road we drove in approach to the city. Â We drove the spectacular highway from Mazra’a (which means “farm” in Arabic) just south of the Dead Sea along Wadi Bin Hammad (a big Valley called Bin Hammad) to Al-Karak. Â Like just about every drive we’ve had in Jordan, the scenery was spectacular. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7338" title="KarakCastle29" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/KarakCastle29.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/KarakCastle29.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/KarakCastle29-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> Kerak castle was built around the 12th century AD by a Crusader king named Pagan the Butler. Â I can’t remember much else about who lived in it, what they did, or when they left, but I remember that Pagan the Butler built it because who can forget a Castle built by a guy with a name like Pagan the Butler?! It’s obvious, though, WHY it was built there. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7310" title="KarakCastle1" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/KarakCast…

Dead Sea Swim
type: item
creator: holly
date: 2012-01-02T19:30:06Z
subject: Travel
subject: Jordan
description: The Dead Sea… what you need to know. — What to do at the edge of the Dead Sea: float in the sea for a few minutes, get out, get muddy, go back and wash off, swim in the hotel pool or lay in the sun. Â Repeat as necessary. You access the Dead Sea through […]
encoded: The Dead Sea… what you need to know. — What to do at the edge of the Dead Sea: float in the sea for a few minutes, get out, get muddy, go back and wash off, swim in the hotel pool or lay in the sun. Â Repeat as necessary. You access the Dead Sea through public beaches or resorts — in other words, places where there are fresh water showers to wash off when you come out of the water. Â A resort plus: there are mud pots full of Dead Sea mud to give yourself a spa treatment. Â The mirrors are for making sure you’ve covered all your exposed skin. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7274" title="DeadSea1" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DeadSea1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DeadSea1.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DeadSea1-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> Another resort plus: shoes. Â Because the shoreline is rocky and you want to protect your feet as you climb up for mud and down to wash and float. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7275" title="DeadSea2" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DeadSea2.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DeadSea2.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DeadSea2-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> The shoreline is not just rocky with rocks. Â There are actual rocks of salt. The Dead Sea is roughly 8-10 times the salinity of the Oceans. Â This is because of high levels of evaporation, which leaves behind a very salty dead-end waterway. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7276" title="DeadSea3" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DeadSea3.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="427" s…

cars 2 museum whoops! just a joke (will age 8 )
type: item
creator: holly
date: 2011-12-29T18:16:23Z
subject: Travel
subject: Will's Blog
subject: Jordan
subject: WillsBlog
description: Today we went to a car museum. Â First we called a taxi who we met the day before & his name is Maher. Maher knew right were my mom works, so, we dropped mom of at work. Then we drove to the car museum. When we got there it was closed so we ran on […]
encoded: Today we went to a car museum. Â First we called a taxi who we met the day before & his name is Maher. Maher knew right were my mom works, so, we dropped mom of at work. Then we drove to the car museum. When we got there it was closed so we ran on a stage outside to the Southeast. Â Then we looked at a air plane that was also outside. In front of the entrance there was a toyota truck with no outside cover. Â It had just wheels, engine, steering wheel, foot pedals and no bottom thing to protect the tanks. Â Also, there was a car split down the middle. We paid 5 jd wich is $6.50 for 1 adult & 2 kids. We saw cars & motorcycles. They are owned by the king of jordan. My favorite thing was the armored tank from WWII because it was cool. This is the sign of the Royal Car Museum and under it is a car with no surroundings. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7270" title="CarBlog" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CarBlog.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CarBlog.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CarBlog-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> These are motorcycles from World War II. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7262" title="CarBlog (1)" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CarBlog-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" srcset="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CarBlog-1.jpg 640w, http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CarBlog-1-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /> That car is a car that the King of Jordan drove in for festivals. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7263" title="CarBlog (2)" src="http://www.coldspaghetti.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CarBlog-2.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480"…