Today we were in the Golan Heights. We are staying at Kibbutz Nof Ginnosair. Very nice. We were @ the Sea of Galilee (which is really just a big lake) & getting all the history & significance of the area. We crossed the border btn Israel & what used to be Syria before the Yom Kippur War & saw the Jordan River. We saw fox holes, trenches & bunkers left from the past wars. We saw The Valley of Tears, which is so named because of the loss of lives during the Yom Kippur War. We won these wars, but how many more will we have to fight? We saw Kiriat Shamona. We also saw where the Syrians are fighting now & the UN camp & 2 Austrian UN soldiers. We saw snow-covered Mt. Hermon & went to Kibbutz El Ron to a winery which was really fun. We saw the bottles getting filled, corked, labeled, packed & then a robot loaded the boxes on to a huge pallet. Then, of course, we had a wonderful wine tasting session & wine shopping session. The guide told us that because of the successful winery he now calls The Valley of Tears the Valley of Cheers! Tonight we took an Ancient Boat ride across the Galilee Sea & had a lovely dinner @ Kibbutz Ein Gev over-looking the Galilee with Tiberius in the background. Beautiful! It was so peaceful here and I only wish that all of the people of this land could remain at peace and live together for all time. IT MUST HAPPEN.
Lilah tov. Janet & Carl
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