Posted in Day Five, Jose, The Nile River on October 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
We just received an e-mail from Jose and Omar. They are floating down the Nile on their cruise ship and are about to get off in Kom Ombo. He was wondering where we were? Could we meet at the famous temple of Kom Ombo? In front of the mummified crocodiles? He was going to wait […]
Posted in Jose on October 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
Hi everyone at San Jose.
This is Jose and Omar. We have a fun puzzle for you to solve. We are riding down the Nile river on a really beautiful cruise ship. What is even better than the boat is the people we are meeting.They are from all over the world. I love listening to all […]
Posted in Day Five, video on October 3rd, 2007 5 Comments »
It is very hard to describe the feeling when you approach a market or bazaar street. Especially one in for tourists. The closest we are able to describe it is with the German word “Spiessrutenlauf” (Can you pronounce this?) That word describes a custom in history where someone who had to run down a path […]
Posted in Global Studies, Jose, travel on October 3rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Thank you Mrs. Hall for alerting us that we are in the Jacksonville Newspaper.
Click here to read the article “When teachers travel to Egypt, students will follow online”.
Jose’s travels have also been featured on Channel 4 News. You can watch the video clip on their website.
Posted in Aswan, Day Five, Jose on October 3rd, 2007 4 Comments »
Mrs. Tolisano and Mrs Menger,
I have missed you again! I hope you found my note. Omar and i had an amazing time at the Temple of Philae. We also drove by the Aswan Dam.
I wanted to share some pictures with you and hope you had a good time too.
Posted in Aswan, Day Five on October 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Getting caught up in the shopping on our boat, the sight of the Temple of Isis on Philae caught us by surprise.
The Temple of Isis, like the Ramses II statues of Abu Simbel, had been saved from destruction by being moved. With the construction of the old Aswan Dam, the Temple of Isis was underwater […]
Posted in Aswan, Day Five on October 3rd, 2007 5 Comments »
Bright and early in the morning we were greeted by a tour guide and headed out for four stops: the Aswan High Dam and the Aswan Dam, the quarry of the unfinished obelisk, an alabaster factory, and to the island of Philae and the Temple of Isis. We were keeping our fingers crossed that we would finally […]
Posted in Impressions, The Nile River, travel on October 3rd, 2007 5 Comments »
From the harried city of Cairo, and the small tourist towns that dot the banks of the Nile, sitting aboard the deck of our cruise boat we saw yet another side to this fascinating and diverse country. Relaxing on the deck, and writing blog posts, the world that glided by was almost surreal.
The banks of […]
Posted in Abu Simbel, Day Four, Jose on October 2nd, 2007 4 Comments »
Dear Mrs. Menger and Mrs. Tolisano
I have boarded a Nile Cruise Ship with Omar and his family. I am sending you some pictures we took at Abu Simbel. We even met some girls from Spain. They took a picture with us. We had a great time. Enjoy the photos and hope to see you soon.
Love […]
Posted in Abu Simbel, Day Four, travel on October 2nd, 2007 3 Comments »
Saturday, September 29, 2007
It is hard to believe that today started 21 hours ago for us with a wake-up call at 1:15 a.m. in our hotel. We were very anxious to get on a plane to fly after Jose and Omar, but it was not going to be that easy.
We were met by Waleed, our […]