day of Pilgrimage in the Holy Land! I walked with my guide from the Mount of Olives, down the slopes to the Garden of Gethsemane and across the Kidron Valley to enter the Old City through the Lion’s Gate, and along the Via Dolorosa. observed other ‘pilgrims’ along the way. Some sang hymns. Some sat …
n enticing smell of wild thyme assaults my nostrils as I walk down the new Mamilla Mall towards Jaffa Gate and approach the old walls of the Holy City. I wonder what the Crusaders would have smelled, over and above themselves, as they approached the Holy City hundreds of years ago? A more important quandry …
I’m here! Checked-in to the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Just before dawn! Allowed into Israel without even filling out an Entry Card, let alone having a visa. Don’t know what to do first. So exciting looking from my room as the sun rises over the Western Wall outside my window. Breakfast at the King …