Historic Syria

We've just come back from a holiday in Syria, staying in hotels in Damscus, Aleppo and near the Crac des Chevaliers, the huge hill top fortress occupied at one time by 4000 Crusader soldiers. We saw the remains of Greek, Roman and Byzantine temples, towns and cities. One city, now deserted, once housed a population of half a million people - a row of ornate columns still stretches for nearly a mile across the dry terrain. The photo of Jenny and I was taken outside the ancient Citadel at Aleppo by no less a person than the Citadel Director. He took us into his office, showed us photos of himself with famous people who had visited and gave us a boiled sweet each! The other photos give some idea of the size and quality of the historic sites we visited.