Nativity Church
2022年12月11日, パレスチナ ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Our final stop today was the Church of the Nativity. As it turns out, at times, groups can wait 3-4hrs to get into the small grotto, it took us maybe 15mins. Inside the Grotto there is a silver 14もっと詳しく
Bethlehem University
2022年12月12日, パレスチナ ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Bethlehem University is an oasis of peace amongst unrest. I didn’t expect today’s visit to the campus to be as emotional as it did.
We started by going into the campus chapel, which is dedicatedもっと詳しく
Church of the Visitation
2022年12月12日, イスラエル ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Hike up 120 stairs and see this incredible Church. Here Mary and Elizabeth spent 3 months together. Elizabeth pregnant with John the Baptist and Mary pregnant with Jesus.
Palm Sunday Road
2022年12月12日, パレスチナ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today we walked down the Mount of Olives and the Palm Sunday Road. We stopped half way and celebrated Mass at the Dominus Flevit. As you can see, there is a stunning view of Jerusalem behind theもっと詳しく
Garden of Gethsame
2022年12月12日, パレスチナ ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Olive trees that were hundreds, maybe thousands of years old! A beautiful church where you can venerate and touch the bedrock and stone that Jesus sat on.
Saint Saviours Church
2022年12月14日, パレスチナ ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
This Church of the Franciscan Order was so beautiful! With stunning flowers and multiple alters, you could spend ages here looking at the art!
Be’er Sheba
2022年12月14日, イスラエル ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
This ancient Tel had a lookout over the modern parts of Be’er Sheba. We climbed down the water channel, similar to the one at Megiddo. We ask saw Abraham’s Well and the Battle of Be’er Shebaもっと詳しく
Stations of the Cross
2022年12月15日, パレスチナ ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
We started this morning at 5:30am. It was incredible so the Stations around the Old City and end at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This Church is on the hill of Calvary, where Jesus was crucified.もっと詳しく
Yad Vashem - Holocaust Museum
2022年12月15日, イスラエル ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
A small group of us journeyed on the tram to Yad Vashem. These incredible grounds host not just the museum but gardens, mini exhibitions and shops. The museum was moving, heartbreaking and at timesもっと詳しく
Emmaus
2022年12月16日, イスラエル ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
This morning we celebrated Mass at Emmaus. 7 miles from Jerusalem, here Jesus revealed himself to two of his disciples when they broke bread. This was after his crucifixion and resurrection.
Jerusalem Museum & Shrine of the Book
2022年12月16日, イスラエル ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
In this smaller museum we looked over a 1:50 scale model of Jerusalem during the Second-Temple Period. This was incredible to see the sheer size of the Temple compared to the rest of the buildings.もっと詳しく
Farewell Dinner
2022年12月16日, イスラエル ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
This evening we walked to the Notre Dame hotel/restaurant for our farewell dinner. We ate a 3-course meal at the roof top cheese bar. It was wonderful to sit, chat and share our favourite memoriesもっと詳しく
Petra
2022年12月18日, ヨルダン ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Seeing the Treasury at Petra has been a bucket-list experience for me. It was very cold when we started our walk but as the sun rose the rocks got warmer. The path was very quiet so we were able toもっと詳しく
Petra cont.
2022年12月18日, ヨルダン ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Some more snaps from our trip to Petra.
The Dead Sea
2022年12月19日, ヨルダン ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
We finally made it to our final destination of the trip. After the hike down to the water we headed in. It was extremely muddy and Miki lost a thong in knee deep mud! I wore my Teva’s in and gotもっと詳しく
旅行者This would’ve been INCREDIBLE 🥹
Going into that little walkway and touching the ground gave me an amazing feeling. [Sarah Shillington]
旅行者Such a beautiful place & to experience this would create an incredible awe that will remain with everyone