Trip to Jerusalem (A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land)

The VisitationNOVEMBER 14, ISRAEL.  It has been seven days since we left Manila to begin our Pilgrimage to the Holy Land and it the fourth day since we entered Israel via the Taba border in Egypt.  Earlier in the day we begun our day-long journey from Tiberias City in the Galilee region to our ultimate destination, Jerusalem. Along the way we passed by the squeeky clean City of Haifa, the ancient Roman city of Caesaria, and the business and commercial capital, Tel Aviv.

By around 4 o’clock in the afternoon we finally reached the outskirts of the City of Jerusalem.  But we were not to enter the city outright. Continue reading