The oldest version of the Via Dolorosa dates to the Byzantine era; it made its way down the Cardo Maximus, the main street of the Roman city. But we were following the way that had been mapped out by St Francis of Assisi in the 13th century. It’s not known which one is more accurate…

We left the Dan Panorama hotel after a restful first night in Jerusalem and drove back up to Mount Scopus, which we had traversed the night before on our entry into Jerusalem. From the margins of the Hebrew University’s campus we glimpsed much of the historic portions of Jerusalem. For a slightly better view, we…

Thursday morning we departed from the lovely Gai Beach Hotel in Tiberias and made our way south towards the desert & our two major sites for the day. Our route became more and more arid as we left the lush Galilee region and worked our way into the Judean wilderness. We passed through checkpoints into…

It’s been a whirlwind few days – so much to see, do, and reflect upon, which means we’ve been grabbing extra shut-eye instead of writing so much. But I want to get you all caught up on what’s been going on! Wednesday morning we arrived at the empty Yardenit site – a place just south…