Strand Hotel Jerusalem

4 Ben-Jubier Street Jerusalem, Israel

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Jerusalem -- Day 1

A travel blog entry by aliceatfr

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... of the Catholic sites in Jerusalem.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre or Garden Tomb. The holiest Christian site in the world. The Tomb of Christ, located within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The church was built around the tomb by Constantine. Pilgrims can see the place where Jesus' body was laid as well as a piece of the stone that was rolled away. ...

Taste of Heaven

A travel blog entry by erincastillo

... to key locations in Israel and praying from those locations.

Throughout the convocation, worship is led in various languages by people from all over the world. The speakers also come from all over the world, and the sessions are translated via headsets into numerous languages. Each day, we are also able to hear how the Lord is moving in the countries represented at the convocation, and then we corporately pray for those nations. ...

Winding down

A travel blog entry by astorixx

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... a photo or two (see below). M went off with some of the younger (more adventurous) ones to do this. On my walk around the streets and shorelines of Tiberias I stopped by to take photos... then kept going!

We all returned to the hotel for early dinner, then I took the opportunity to walk the night markets (the gelato was good) and at 10pm viewed the water show on the shore of the Sea. An interesting show using (obviously) water, light, sound and laser. ...

9-11 Memorial

A travel blog entry by spsadventures

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... Not only that, but as he was a big proponent of reading texts in their original language, in many cases he learned new languages just to read books. When he moved out of the house in Tel Aviv and into his house on the kibbutz in the Negev, he brought *only* 5 thousand of his books with him.

From the Ben Gurion home, we piled onto buses and were driven to the 9-11 Memorial Park by Jerusalem. They fed us a small ...

Dead Sea and The Old City

A travel blog entry by bermack

... to be early, was to be done before the strong heat of the day hit. It was forecast to be +43 for the high. Even being early it was super hot out. It was so nice soaking in the hot mineral pools first. Very soothing. Then we headed to the mud tubs, and slathered on the mud. The trick is to let it dry, then you wash off. This gives you the best healing.

Of course yours truly had to rinse off in the sulphur ...