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A Whirlwind Tour Through the Middle East – The Via Dolorosa

A Whirlwind Tour Through the Middle East – The Via Dolorosa

The Old City charmed visitors with its crisscross streets.  Bazaars selling all kinds of oddities along the roads form an air of festiveness.  The goods and fruits shine incredible colors upon the Old City’s characteristic sandstone buildings. The street signs in Old City displayed English, 

A Whirlwind Tour Through the Middle East – A Conversation in History

A Whirlwind Tour Through the Middle East – A Conversation in History

“It is not important where Jesus died but why he died.”  I rose in excitement on my first morning in Jerusalem.  There would be a full day of sightseeing, and the Hortus Gethsemane (Lat. The Garden of Gethsemane) was to which I most looked forward.