I am very excited. I am going on a trip to the country of Egypt, which is in the northern part of the continent of Africa. I will be back before too long to share my adventures with everyone! While I am in Egypt, I will be meeting with other principals and visiting schools to see how children learn and teachers teach in a country so far away from the United States! The children in Egypt all speak Arabic when they start school, but begin to learn English as their second language in the first grade. I will also be visiting colleges, museums and some remarkable ancient sites, like the Great Pyramids of Giza and the temple of the mysterious Sphinx! Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this page to see some interesting photos and read some fascinating facts!



Saturday, December 4, 2010

Egypt is an amazing place!

Hi Everyone!  We arrived safely in Cairo yesterday afternoon after a very, very long plane ride over the Atlantic Ocean.  We had dinner (beef and rice) and breakfast (French Toast) on the plane.  The lights were dimmed in the evening so we could get some sleep.  It was 5 am our time but 12 noon Egypt time when we landed! A bus took us from the airport to the hotel.  Here is a photo of a beautiful mosque that I took as we traveled.  A mosque is a place of worship for many people here.










In the evening we took a walk along the Nile River.  The Nile River is the longest river in the world.  It starts below the equator in Burumbi, Africa and flows north all the way to Egypt before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.  In Ancient Egypt, it was the only source of food, water, transportation and rich soil for crops. The boats in the photo are called Feluccas.  They are the traditional sailboats of the Nile.  The Captain steers with his feet and trims the sails with his hands!
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  1. AdrienneDecember 4, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    Wow. If you see someone sailing their boat, would you take a picture please? That is very interesting!

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  2. UnknownDecember 8, 2010 at 3:10 PM

    Imaan likes the picture of the mosque. She goes to a mosque here in New York but it does not look as big as the one in the picture!
    Messiah likes the boat and the sunset!

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  3. Mrs. Donna NapolitanoDecember 8, 2010 at 4:01 PM

    Hi Room 5 and to Imaan and Messiah too. I learned that the tall towers next to the mosques are called minurets and they were used to call people to pray. While I have been in Egypt I hear the sound of Muslim people being called to pray 5 times a day, but it is someone speaking into a loudspeaker throughout the city.

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