Unfinished SYRIA AND PRACTICAL JORDAN (continued, p.7) The food was very tasty, and snacks, especially the hummus (mashed chickpeas appetizer, approx. Perevi.) Were wonderful. Servicing mostly good, but at times something went wrong. As such, during dinner, which, as usual, started with appetizers. We brought a lot of dishes with delicious hummus, vegetables, some meat, salad and so on. We gained a bit of everything in the dish and fun conversation. A woman who was sitting next to us, finished her snack last, and the waiters quickly filed the following dish (a dish that follows the appetizers are usually disappointing), but my neighbor is still talking and enjoying snacks. What happened next, I have not seen anywhere yet. The waiter just took her plate while she went there and tried to take her away. But the woman did not lose her and managed to grab a plate, trying to get her back on the table. Turned a "tug" plates. The waiter turned out to be quicker and triumphantly placed in front of her plate with the next dish. We all laugh together, to make up for this awkward moment. Arab delicious snack after dinner we decided to go to a bar and a drink. Bar was very fashionable. It was all made of stainless steel, and furniture, apparently, was very expensive. We were alone at the bar. In the literal sense alone, because the bar staff had gone off somewhere. Suddenly, the waiter appeared (apparently, he lost his way), we intercepted it and made a simple order - four small cups of beer. He was quite surprised and said he would go and razdobudete us beer. He went somewhere and some time back. Oddly, five-star hotel, but the service five stars clearly drawn. Thursday Our last day in Syria. We drove through the territory in which the Druze. Friends - this is the kind of people with similar to the Islam religion, but their identity is not the same as in other Islamic countries. Druze religion is also fundamentally different from the main currents of Islam. For example, they drink alcohol. In Syria, home to around 500,000 Druze, worldwide there are about 2 million. Like most small nations, the Druze are nice, but checkered history, though now in Syria, they live quite well. Driving through the city, we have seen time and again as a mother and daughter walking together. The mother is usually in traditional garb, and his daughter - in jeans and a T-shirt. Put on a modern daughter of national clothes, when they become mothers? I think not. It is a sign of great change, which manifests itself even in such trifles. Sunset in the desert last place we visited in Syria, in many ways was the best of them all. City of Bosra was once a large thriving capital of the Roman province, but it is not surprising, but the fact that people still live in old houses. Squares of the houses are on the sides of cobbled streets and looking at women who are in traditional garb go somewhere on business, it is easy to imagine how it looked in Roman times. Undoubtedly, over the past 1500 years the house repaired, but most likely, and the houses and streets still look like in Roman times. On the territory of the Roman church is a large mosque with a tin roof, which is (a mosque without a roof) was built 1400 years ago. Most large buildings in ruins, but a wonderful old theater is in such good condition that it seems is about to begin a Roman setting. In its 37 storeys, which can accommodate nine thousand spectators in strict compliance with social class. Theater so well preserved because it was built around an Arab fortress, protecting it so all the invaders who came to these parts. So, we arrived at the Syrian-Jordanian border, the intersection where it took us less than an hour. To begin our passports were in the office on the Syrian side, where we got the required mark to leave, signing, etc., then we went forward, must have been a no man's land on the Jordanian border. Smuggling, apparently, there is nothing impossible to bring in, because we saw a long chain of cars and taxis, and next, right on the asphalt, laid out for checking all the belongings of passengers. We had to get off the bus, take your luggage and pass through the detector, which was similar to those in airports. Then we put the luggage in the bus, but it was still some time before we have issued all the necessary papers. We met with our Jordanian guide, and our rapid journey continued. So, what impressions have remained with us about Syria? Beautiful country with many historical monuments, which, though not very well treated and not just in recent times, the last thousand years. This is a country of builders who are accepted for a new job without completing the old one. Economic sanctions should be, harmed the country, besides, she feels strong pressure from the Iraqi refugees. The locals are very friendly, and amazing things lurk around every corner. Come here, if you can! Start material: Read more:
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