Great Pyramids of Giza
September 28th, 2007 by stolisano
We were starting to get pretty anxious and wanted to push on to get to the Great Pyramids of Giza. We had seen so many pictures already about these three pyramids that were standing in the middle of the desert. Built over 46 centuries ago, these structures have impressed many, many people, including Napoleon, Alexander the Great and Herodotus. We were looking so much forward to seeing them. Of course we were also excited to catch up with Jose. We started to miss the little guy.
Our first surprise was, when we caught the first glimpse of the pyramids and we were still within the city of Cairo. It was not at all as the pictures always made us believe that the pyramids are isolated structures surrounded by miles of sandy desert. Wow!
Apartment buildings wherever your eyes touch and the city’s edge almost reach the pyramids. Hundreds and hundreds of tourists arrived together with us at the site. We heard so many different languages, that even I gave up in trying to identify them. Another surprise for us was that we were allowed to directly walk up and climb and touch the pyramid. We could actually climb up on the lower blocks of the pyramid and sit down. Many of the tourists were climbing around on the lower portion posing for pictures.
We were looking everywhere for a friendly little bear with a small camel. But everywhere we looked we didn’t see them. We decided to walk around the base of the pyramid and as we were walking around we spied a bright, pink piece of paper and to our surprise our names were on it. We quickly inspected it and found it was a note from Jose and Omar. We were so happy!
The note said:
Dear. Mrs. Menger and Mrs. Tolisano,
Omar and I are safe and sound. After we left Cairo we caught a bus to the Great Pyramid of Giza and as soon as we arrived we found Omar’s family. Believe it or not, they had never been to visit the Great Pyramid! Egypt is awesome. Omar’s family will be staying with relatives in a nearby village for the weekend, and then will be headed to Abu Simbel. Come and meet us there. We are going to a place where there are four giant statues of a pharaoh. You can find a picture of the statues on the one pound Egyptian note. Meet us there. Can’t wait to see you.
Love, Jose and Omar
Mrs. Menger and Mrs. Tolisano were completely puzzled. Where are there four statues of a pharaoh. We needed to look at a one pound Egyptian note. We went through our money and quickly solved the puzzle. They are headed to the statues of Ramses II!
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It sounds like Jose and Omar are on a great adventure. we hope you catch up with them soon How high could you climb on the pyramids? WOW! what a beautiful and awesome place.
Wow…what a great experience. We are so excited to see all of the wonderful places you are visiting. When will you be getting to see King Tut’s tomb? Good luck finding Jose…Egypt is a big place, we hope it’s not too hard. We did have a good question for you. What is the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to the Egyptian Pound? We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Professor Foster
hi Professor Foster and class,
The current exchange rate for one American Dollar to a Egyptian Pounds is about 1:6. This means if we are exchanging 1US$ we will get 6 Egyptian Pounds for that. Watch for an upcoming blog post about Egyptian money
Mrs. Davidson’s class
We were only allowed to climb a few blocks of stone up the pyramid. We heard that a few years back, when tourists were allowed to climb to the top many of them fell down and died.
Wow! Thanks for the speedy response! You must feel like you’re rich getting 6 Egyptian Pounds for every dollar! But it might be a little depressing converting back into US dollars. We miss you both and look forward to your safe return!
Professor Foster and class