Day Six of Our Israel Tour

Day six was a very exciting day. We walked the Via Dolorosa which is the walk of Jesus on His way to the cross. We saw the church of Ascension, St. Anne's church, pool of Bethesda, and other neat sites. We made our way over to the Holocaust Museum. It is probably the most moving site here in Jerusalem. It is hard to think that today Arabs and some European countries are trying to erase history by saying this event never happened.

From the museum we made our way to Bethlehem. We had to cross over from the State of Israel to the area controlled by Palestine. We visited an olive wood factory and had some lunch Palestinian style. We then went to the Church of the Nativity built over the place of Jesus birth. From there we made our way back to Jerusalem.

While on the way to Jerusalem some of us got off the bus at the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem while the others went on back to the Town Plaza Hotel for dinner. We made our way through all the shops and had some fun. At the end of the evening we found a great pizza place called Jacob's. It was some great tasting pizza, a chocolate eclair, and a wonderful experience with friends.