Comments on: More from Edfou http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60 Creating a Portrait of the World Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:13:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: afreyer http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60#comment-109 afreyer Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:17:13 +0000 http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60#comment-109 Mrs. Pickering's class was given the assignment to post a comment on the blog tonight. They are excited and hopefully you will have a lot to read! Mrs. Pickering’s class was given the assignment to post a comment on the blog tonight. They are excited and hopefully you will have a lot to read!

]]> By: stolisano http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60#comment-107 stolisano Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:09:37 +0000 http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60#comment-107 Mrs. Pickering's class Once you go through the checkpoint, where tourist police will look into your backpacks and purses,you can get away since the vendors are not allowed into the temple area. The driver never asked directly for an amount. We tipped him US$5, which already was above the norm. I don't recall that there was a particular smell while driving through town, but I am also recovering from a cold. Mrs. Pickering’s class
Once you go through the checkpoint, where tourist police will look into your backpacks and purses,you can get away since the vendors are not allowed into the temple area.
The driver never asked directly for an amount. We tipped him US$5, which already was above the norm. I don’t recall that there was a particular smell while driving through town, but I am also recovering from a cold.

]]> By: afreyer http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60#comment-106 afreyer Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:55:12 +0000 http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60#comment-106 Mrs. Pickering's class asks: How did you finally get away from the vendors? How much was the drive asking for? What did it smell like while you were driving through the town? Mrs. Pickering’s class asks:
How did you finally get away from the vendors?
How much was the drive asking for?
What did it smell like while you were driving through the town?

]]> By: stolisano http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60#comment-102 stolisano Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:49:18 +0000 http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60#comment-102 Mrs. Dearing's class We went shopping today and we want your class to know , that the people could not have been nicer or more helpful. We found out in Egypt, that not everybody is the same in all the places. Even in one place alone, you will find people that are nice and others who are rude. Isn't that the same way as it is in Jacksonville? It sure seems very hot under all the covers for the women, but I am wondering if it is not a great way to shield your skin from the sun. We asked and found out that the robes are made out of cotton, which is a material that actually helps cool the skin down. The robes that the men wear, which are called Galabiyas, are also made out of cotton and after being in Egypt for almost two weeks, we are already so used to the outfit, that it does not look silly anymore. The silliest outfits we see around here are the ones the tourists wear. <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1283/1472629651_0c8a1440ee_m.jpg" /> Mrs. Dearing’s class

We went shopping today and we want your class to know , that the people could not have been nicer or more helpful. We found out in Egypt, that not everybody is the same in all the places. Even in one place alone, you will find people that are nice and others who are rude. Isn’t that the same way as it is in Jacksonville?
It sure seems very hot under all the covers for the women, but I am wondering if it is not a great way to shield your skin from the sun. We asked and found out that the robes are made out of cotton, which is a material that actually helps cool the skin down. The robes that the men wear, which are called Galabiyas, are also made out of cotton and after being in Egypt for almost two weeks, we are already so used to the outfit, that it does not look silly anymore. The silliest outfits we see around here are the ones the tourists wear.

]]> By: ddearing http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60#comment-98 ddearing Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:44:45 +0000 http://www.sjeds.com/blog/egypt/archives/60#comment-98 Our class thinks that it's more fun to go to the mall! Caidy says that the people over there are very rude. Maguire wants to go on a buggy ride, but he thinks he'll do it in St. Augustine. All of the girls in our class agree that it's too hot over there for the ladies to have to cover up there head and faces. The boys all think that the men look silly in long robes. Our class doesn't sound like a very good bunch of travelers, do they!? Our class thinks that it’s more fun to go to the mall! Caidy says that the people over there are very rude. Maguire wants to go on a buggy ride, but he thinks he’ll do it in St. Augustine. All of the girls in our class agree that it’s too hot over there for the ladies to have to cover up there head and faces. The boys all think that the men look silly in long robes. Our class doesn’t sound like a very good bunch of travelers, do they!?

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