Jose in Edfou
October 4th, 2007 by Jose Bear
Hello Mrs. Menger and Mrs. Tolisano
I saw you posted about what happened to you on the buggy ride in Edfou. I am sorry. Omar and I had a very nice and friendly man driving our buggy to the Edfou temple. I guess it is just like everywhere else in the world. There are nice and not so nice people. It does not matter which country they come from.
I wanted to send you some pictures from my new friend Declan who is from Australia and goes to 5th grade. He and his family are on a five week vacation. Declan impressed me so much with all that he knew about the different ancient Egyptian gods and he is really good in deciphering hieroglyphic writing on the temple walls.
How do you like my new outfit that I got at one local vendor. I did not have nearly as much trouble bargaining as Mrs. Menger did. Everyone just smiles when Omar and I walk around. So the vendor gave me a good price. In this photo you can see the mud bricks that were used to build many walls around the temple. Could you imagine a wall like this at our school in Jacksonville? With all the rain in Florida it would have turned into mud soup soon. Luckily it only rains once a year in Egypt, so the walls have survived thousands of years. Egyptians still use mud bricks today in the rural areas.
I felt so protected sitting in between the feet of this ancient god. Do you have any idea, which god this might be? Please let me know his name by writing a comment to this post.
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Mrs. Menger-
My Caroline is enjoying all of the costumes Jose is wearing. She especially enjoyed his sunglasses. She laughed so much today when we were looking at the blog.
Julia is enjoying all of the pictures as well.
It looks like you guys are seeing some great places.
Mrs. Pickering
Hello to Declan! What a handsome and smart young man. Does Declan get to miss 5 weeks of school? Hola, Jose and Omar!