Israel Day 3

Thursday we toured Gush Etzion. We started out seeing Efrat and some of the other settlements. We then went to the Gush Etzion Winery, where we tasted some wonderful wines and ate a fabulous dairy lunch. We went to visitor’s center at Kibbutz kfar Etzion where we saw a film on the history of Gush Etzion, its defense of the settlements and Yerushalayim and its struggle to survive over the years. We saw ancient mikvaot and other ruins on the edge of Bat Ayin. We went to Deerland Ranch where we went on the longest zipline in Israel (second longest in the world)! We finished our day by driving through Neve Daniel and other settlements. On top of a hill at sunset we were able to see Harei Moav (in Jordan) to our right and as far as the Mediterranean Sea to our left.