Metula to Katzrin

We left Rosh Pina in the am, but we visited the arts section, historic synagogue and cemetery before leaving the area. We also saw some ruins that were built byJewish settlers that lived here in the early 1800s. We also bought a neat stained glass synagogue .

We went north Metula a small town basically surrounded by been on that was devastated. citizens could only move back this past year. Note in the pictures total destruction of the lebanese villages, One picture some military movement across the boarder, but I realized this is the Israel occupied zone, so likely a military convoy. From here we headed south to Katarina.

We rode through beautiful valley farm land. From ther we entered the Golan Heights that still has minefield warnings.

The town of Katzrin in the Golan Heights had amazing history and artifacts .
The Old City (Ancient Katzrin)
* Built: The village was established in the 4th century CE (Byzantine period) as a Jewish farming community.
* Destroyed: It was destroyed by the massive Golan Earthquake in 749 CE. While briefly resettled later by Mamluks, it was largely abandoned for centuries.
* Today: It is an archaeological park and open-air museum. You can walk through reconstructed stone houses, see an ancient olive press, and explore the ruins of a grand 6th-century synagogue

For dinner went to an amazing Hu.mus restaurant, that was colocated with a gas station.

The next day we were to head north, had horrible fog and came across a bad 1 car accident, stopped to help and got to call their equivalent of 911. We elected to turn around and went to a nice winery instead.Read more