Why Temple Tourism?

Welcome to my blog about LDS Temple Tourism!  I have lived in Utah all my life where I am surrounded by temples of the LDS church.  I attend the temple regularly but I always go to the same temple.  My wife and I recently had an opportunity to go to Europe.  While there we decided to go to the Bern Switzerland temple.  It was such an incredible experience that I decided I need to experience many more of the temples around me that I've been neglecting. I decided I should become a "temple tourist."  I wanted to visit temples old and new, taking pictures and seeing the temple as an outsider would. I thought it would be fun to create a blog where I can record pictures of all the temples I have visited as well as any thoughts I have about each temple.

This blog is intended primarily as a journal or record for myself, but I hope that anyone who stumbles upon it can enjoy the temples that I have visited.  I hope you can develop the same love for temples that I have discovered in myself.  There's something magical about the Lord's house.  Come enjoy it with me.