-Arrive Istanbul, fly to Telaviv.
-Arrive Telaviv, shuttle to Jerusalem.
+Arrive Istanbul, fly to TelAviv.
+Arrive TelAviv, shuttle to Jerusalem.
+The travelers avoided an accident when the shuttle bus was squeezed between a bluff and another bus.
Terminal in Istanbul.
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-The travelers take a selfie on the airplane from Istanbul to Telaviv.
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+The travelers take a selfie on the airplane from Istanbul to TelAviv.
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Istanbul at night, from the airplane.
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-A map of Jerusalem's old city.
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The travelers were dropped off from the shuttle at around midnight.
-Where the shuttle dropped them off in Jerusalem at midnight- Damascus gate- about 10 minutes away from the hotel.
-Use of global app and phone flashlight enabled them to walk from the Damascus Gate to the hotel in the Old City in the dark (about midnight) with their luggage.
+Where the shuttle dropped them off in Jerusalem- Damascus gate- about 10 minutes away from the hotel.
+Use of global app and phone flashlight enabled them to walk from the Damascus Gate to the hotel in the Old City in the dark with their luggage.
Nancy's main suitcase was still to come.
The streets were dark and empty.
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Damascus gate.
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Hotel doors.
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Hotel interior.
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+A map of Jerusalem's old city.
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+The travelers spent Sunday scouting the Old City.
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Shop along the alleyways in Old City Jerusalem.
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Church of the Holy Sepulchre - believed to be the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and tomb and resurrection.
Affirmed by recent research in the basement.
-Currently occupied by The main denominations sharing property over parts of the church are the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic, and to a lesser degree the Coptic Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox.
+Currently occupied by the main denominations sharing property over parts of the church are the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic, and to a lesser degree the Coptic Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox.
Holy Sepulchre exterior.
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Holy Sepulchre interior.
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Holy Sepulchre dome.
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lunch
-Gouged badly, learned to see menu with prices first, Nancy was not feeling too well
+Gouged badly, learned to see menu with prices first, Nancy was not feeling too well.
Nancy enjoys Lunch.
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wailing wall
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Wailing wall women's side.
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+Nancy delivered a prayer from Tamia and left it in the wailing wall.
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After viewing the wailing wall, the travelers walked back to the hotel to take a nap.
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rampart wall
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wall's promenade
The travelers walked the rampart wall from Jaffa gate to Zion gate.
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first meeting with George
-The travelers met with George Hintlian.
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-George showed them St. James' church.
-Nancy shared the family's Armenian prayer with George, who was touched.
+The travelers met with George Hintlian.
+Late morning coffee shop.
+Following are two audio recordings from that meeting.
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+TODO: audio 2
David's Tower
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The travelers toured David's Tower, where there are 21 layers of history.
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return to St. James'
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+George showed them St. James' church.
+Nancy shared the family's Armenian table grace with George, who was touched.
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+The travelers walked the wall Jaffa Gate to Damascus Gate.
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St James' church
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Armenian apostolic church office
-look more carefully with George
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+The travelers looked more carefully with George for information about Miriam Torosian (n.e.e. Jerahian).
+They want to see if there are records that she was born or married in Jerusalem.
+They found no records.
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-Jim's plane in SanFrancisco.
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-Turkish Airlines staff in SanFransisco.
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+Assistance of United Staff helped Nancy find how to get to Terminal 5 at O’Hare and reach the plane going to Istanbul.
+On the plane, she had the assistance of Bosnian couple in knowing how to work the various technology at her seat.
+Had wanted to watch the movie “The Guernsey Literary…” and it was available for free on this flight.
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The travelers avoided an accident when the shuttle bus was squeezed between a bluff and another bus.
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-Terminal in Istanbul.
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-The travelers take a selfie on the airplane from Istanbul to TelAviv.
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+In the Istanbul airport, Nancy had the assistance of a couple from Pakistan living in Indiana in knowing how to read the departure board and establish phone and wifi connection in the airport so she could rendezvous with Jim.
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-The travelers were dropped off from the shuttle at around midnight.
-Where the shuttle dropped them off in Jerusalem- Damascus gate- about 10 minutes away from the hotel.
-Use of global app and phone flashlight enabled them to walk from the Damascus Gate to the hotel in the Old City in the dark with their luggage.
-Nancy's main suitcase was still to come.
+As the travelers were entering Jerusalem, they were almost in an accident when the shuttle bus was squeezed between a bus and a bluff.
+The shuttle bus dropped the travelers off in Jerusalem at midnight- Damascus gate- about 10 minutes away from the hotel.
The streets were dark and empty.
+Use of global app and phone flashlight enabled them to walk to the hotel in the Old City in the dark with their luggage.
+Nancy’s main suitcase was still to come.
-The travelers spent Sunday scouting the Old City.
+Not having connected with the contact person, George Hintlian, the travelers explored the Old City on their own.
+Many of the things they saw were seen again in more detail on Monday and Tuesday with George.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre - believed to be the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and tomb and resurrection.
-Affirmed by recent research in the basement.
-Currently occupied by the main denominations sharing property over parts of the church are the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic, and to a lesser degree the Coptic Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox.
+Currently occupied by the main denominations sharing property of the church are the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic, and to a lesser degree the Coptic Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox.
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Nancy enjoys Lunch.
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