From The Jordan Times: Journey of faith brings Swiss pilgrims to Jordan

AMMAN — A group of Swiss pilgrims, who embarked on a pilgrimage to the holy lands six months ago, have used their three-week stay in Jordan to reflect on their journey so far.

The pilgrims, who walked all the way from a town in central Switzerland, said their journey through Jordan's villages and cities has offered them a tranquil respite after a tense period in unrest-stricken Syria.

“The experience… was in contrast to our experience in Syria, where there were feelings of pressure and tension all the time,” Father Christian Rutishauser, programme director at the Lassalle-Haus Bad Schönbrunn in Switzerland, told The Jordan Times in a recent interview.

Despite being warned about the security situation in Syria by their embassy in Damascus, the four pilgrims insisted on sticking to their planned itinerary.

They said Syrians gave them information on the safest routes, which helped them complete their 15-day trek through the country without any problems.

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