We next headed to an Israeli outpost right on the border with Syria. It is a place for tourists, but everything there is prepared so that it could immediately bcome a working bunker once more, if needed. We stood on the mountain and learned about both the 6-Day War in 1967, and then about the Yom Kippur war in 1973. As we listened, we gazed down on a Syrian ghost town that had been the capital of the Golan Heights. To the right of it stood UN buildings, which are there to keep peace between the two borders. To the left was the new Syrian city they built, busy and large. Damascus, the capital of Syria, is only 30 km from the outpost.
We ate lunch in a Droos village that is known for its felafel. Again, it was the Arab hospitality where we sat down and they just brought us food. The table was covered. The felafel was perhaps the most delicious thing I have ever eaten. After lunch was a tour of the Yarden Winery.
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