I post this early on Thursday, February 2nd, which is Day 10 of our journey.
Today, we are off to Bethany to visit the tomb of Lazarus and celebrate Mass.
Although it was not on our original itinerary, we are going to go to the Dead Sea. There are a number of pilgrims who are committed to floating in the Dead Sea. (Believe me...you won't find me in there!) There are also several other pilgrims committed to have a drink or two a the world's lowest bar. I will try to document both.
Also added to our schedule, which I am glad we did, is a visit to Qumran to see the site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
In the meantime, here are some pictures of our Notre Dame Center here in Jerusalem where we are staying. It is a really nice facility with great food, and will hopefully be the Jerusalem home for our next pilgrimage. It is across the street from the New Gate, which makes the Old City very accessible.
A view from the balcony:
And...here's the front of the building:
We are without Fr. Peter again today, so we will have our local Palestinian Catholic guide with us. He was a really nice guy when he guided us a couple of days ago.
More to come.
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