Posted in Connections, Day Three, Day Two, Flora & Fauna on September 28th, 2007 8 Comments »
Cairo is a big, big city. Sixteen times more people live here than in Jacksonville.
We have seen many different plants and trees that remind us of Florida. I am sure you will recognize some of these plants as you have them in your garden at home as well, such as Lantana, Oleander, Vinca, Ficus, Rhododendron, and […]
Posted in Cairo, Connections, Day Three on September 28th, 2007 5 Comments »
Mrs. Tolisano and I had the most wonderful evening on Thursday.
We had dinner at the home of Dr. Amal. Dr. Amal is the aunt of one of our own San Jose Episcopal students, Summer. Dr. Amal was wonderful. She fed us a delicious, typical Egyptian meal and we were able to learn of the important work […]
Posted in Cairo, Day Three on September 28th, 2007 No Comments »
On our first stop today I thought we were visiting a Medieval Castle. It was a huge gray building with walls like a castle. I learned we were visiting the Citadel. Construction on the Citadel started in 1176 A.D., by a leader named Saladin, to fortify the city against the Crusaders. Through the years many […]
Posted in Day Three, Jose on September 28th, 2007 No Comments »
We got a call for help today from some students of Chris Craft in South Carolina. They found a note under their classroom door in Arabic and they wanted to find out what it meant. Mr. Craft scanned in the note and posted it on his blog. Of course, Omar and I came to the […]