The Path of Grief – Via Crucis

We continue through the market looking for markers, all right I confess I stop at every stall; I want to buy something for the kids and well, I don’t want a “I <heart> Jerusalem” tee-shirt. Fifth station located. Now it’s time to know what’s it all about. Apparently someone called Simon carried or helped Jesus to [...]

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The Path of Grief – Via Dolorosa

We decided next to follow Jesus Christ’s walk  carrying his cross. It was my mates’ decision, as I cannot imagine how any dissident rabbi condemned to be crucified by the Romans could walk, crossed or not, through streets that were built during the Middle Ages. Apparently each spot is marked: so it should be easy [...]

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King’s David Tomb

We continue our tour to see the Tomb of David. It’s almost empty now, illuminated by candles here and there. I explore every recess; I don’t want to cross the road and visit the Shoah Museum at the other side of the street. That’s where my mates are now. I was dragged once into that [...]

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Jerusalem stamps

I climbed the stairs that lead from the Wall to the City of David, way up the hill. On the second landing there’s now a sentry box where a very young, and apparently very bored, Israeli soldier, stood guard. I sat on the wall next to the sentry box, under the shadow of a tree, [...]

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The Western Wall, the Wailing wall

I woke up the next day thinking hard about what I should wear to get out safely from the East Side. I took a look out of the window, and though I can see the Garden of Gethsemane quite near, all the women who are walking the streets wear the full niqaab. And my carry [...]

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