Field Trip Reports: the Via Dolorosa

(We have asked our children to prepare field trip reports for our trip--they are doing these all on their own, so keep that in mind as you read!)

The Via Dolorosa (Hebs, age 10)

Location, history, and backstory

The Via Dolorosa is near a place where Jesus walked on his way to being crucified. The Via Dolorosa is where some people (mostly bad and wrongly accused) were crucified. Crucifixion is when a bad person (other than Jesus and good people) are hung on crosses there feet and hands are nailed to a cross and then there is a little pad where people can rest a little but if they want to drink, they have to reach for a drink of vinegar in a sponge (I know, this is very gruesome, it's true though)



This is part of the Via Dolorosa (not a place where Jesus was crucified) there are other places like the Via Dolorosa but this one looks cool. This is not really the Via Dolorosa, it probably feel apart a long time ago, this is a replica the locations of the Via Dolorosa is in Jerusalem by: Temple Mount, Jewish Quarter, Armenian Quarter, Christian Quarter and the Muslim Quarter.



Temple Mount, a place around the Via Dolorosa. This is a place around the Via Dolorosa, it is a place where all sorts of people hold meetings, consoles and other things. Jesus went to the temple multiple times. 



This is the Christian Quarter (look at the pigeons!) this place is where lots of people lived and maybe Jesus walked through...