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 Day Two, Flora & Fauna on September 28th, 2007 3 Comments »
We were taken to a very interesting Papyrus Factory yesterday, where they showed us step by step how papyrus was and is still made today.
In ancient times the papyrus plant grew wild along the banks of the Nile. There are similar plants native to Florida that can also be used to make papyrus. Why not […]
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 […]
Posted in Cairo, Day Two, Jose on September 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
Hi everyone!
Omar and I found an Internet Cafe and we thought we would post some pictures of us that we took yesterday at the pyramids. It was awesome to see Mrs. Tolisano and Mrs. Menger on the pictures they posted. We were in the same places, but must have missed each other by minutes. I hope […]
Posted in Cairo, Connections, Day Two on September 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Jacksonville is a city located on the northern Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States. Our students grow up being able to play in the sun, sand and surf of the beaches. Many students are fortunate to maybe even live close or directly on the beach. When preparing for our trip to Egypt, […]
Posted in Cairo, Day Two, Jose on September 28th, 2007 5 Comments »
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 […]
Posted in Cairo, Day Two on September 27th, 2007 6 Comments »
We wanted to head off to the Great Pyramid in Giza, in search of Omar and Jose, right away. Unfortunately our tour took us first to the town of Memphis (not the one in Tennessee). There we checked out the Alabaster Sphinx and one of the many statues of Ramses II.
There were many “friendly” people […]
Posted in Cairo, Day Two, Jose on September 27th, 2007 2 Comments »
Oh no!! JOSE IS MISSING!!!
We woke up to quite a shock this morning. Jose was not in his bed! There was a bright pink note pinned to his pillow. The note said:
Dear Mrs. Tolisano and Mrs. Menger,
Omar came to our room this morning. The two of you were sleeping so soundly, we did not […]