The Egyptian Way!!!

Over winter break I went to a place where people don't normally go for an everyday vacation. I went to Egypt and Jordan. We stayed there for two weeks and even stayed for Christmas. It was kind of different but it was still really cool to do.

     So the Places we went were: Cairo, Abu Simbel, Aswan, A Cruise on the Nile, where we stopped at several places along the way; and Luxor, which had a lot of places to go to also. Today I am going to talk about Cairo.

 YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

     Cairo, in case you didn't know is the Capitol of Egypt. It is rather large, but it is not like the big cities we have in the U.S. One of the coolest and most interesting things about Cairo is that the traffic is so crazy and the pedestrians just walk right through like there is nothing to it. But of course the coolest part of Cairo is Giza. Where's that? That is where the Pyramids are. The biggest things in the whole world in the Ancient Days, the things that were so incredibly built that people thought aliens came down and built them, the massive structures that made scientists believe that maybe the Egyptians had technology almost as advanced as ours... Yes those Pyramids!!!! They are one of the coolest things you will ever see in your life. And they are one of the few remaining ancient wonders of the world. I really thought they were cool.  We got to ride a camel by the pyramids too. My camels name was Charlie. He was a cool camel.

He liked too eat out of my hand. By the way this was the other camel named charlie, it wasnt my camel this was my camel.

 Also in Cairo, actually right outside of Cairo, there was the Step Pyramid, the very first pyramid built by the father of the one who built the Great Pyramid. It was really cool, but not even close to as big as the other 3 pyramids were. Over by that pyramid I got to ride my horse, Amira; which means princess.

Isn't she a peerrrrrrtyyyy one?

 Oh how could I forget to mention the most important part of our trip to Cairo... Our guide!!! Ahmed!!!!!!!

Best Guide Ever!!!!

We also went to the Museum in Cairo. The coolest thing there was that it had a whole section on King Tutankhamen. Way cool!!!

The museum is in Tahrir Square, which is where all of the protests have been and it is also where the revolution started.

This is a burned out government building right next to the museum. 

Although there had been problems in Cairo, we felt completely safe and we had no problems with protestors or anything like that.

See ya'll later when I talk about the rest of my Egyptrip.

"Amusement Rides" in Egypt and Jordan

This year we had an unusual Christmas vacation. We went to Egypt and Jordan. It was really cool and it was a very different experience. I got to see a lot of the things I studied in the 6th grade and it just so happened that Egypt was my favorite part of that class.

Along with the interesting things, there were some interesting "amusement rides."

The amusement rides were Horses, Donkeys, and Camels. Throughout the trip I rode 3 horses, a camel, and a donkey. I got to try all of them and each one was different.

This was in the wide open desert where the pyramids are.  Psych! They are in Cairo. We saw the camels while we were at the pyramids and decided to ride them. Gramma's camel was Moses; mine was Charlie and papa's was Whiskey.

This was at the Step Pyramid. The horses name was Amira which means Princess.

This was Hoda. The horse I had in the Nubian village across from Luxor. I rode this horse while papa and gramma went to the Luxor Museum.

This was the horse that I had in Petra. Gramma fell off her horse here and it looked really funny. I don't remember this horses name. We rode the horses to the Sig.

This was the majestic donkey known as Aususs, which was the father of the mules that my Grandparents and our guide rode. We rode them to the Bedouin village out in the middle of the desert.

I will be writing more about Egypt in the coming weeks. And that's a PROMISE!!!!1

This Year's Gift

Every year pretty much, not always at the same time, I give to an organization (for charity) to help someone or something in need. This year I received a couple catalogs of different things I could give to from World Vision.

I got some clothing for kids who live in really cold places. Click here if you want to see what I did. For the amount that you give, World vision times it by eleven. I gave $35 and the kids get $385 worth of clothing. Pretty cool huh? My Gramma gave money too.

If you want to give just click on one of the links and do what you want. Also World Vision lets us sponsor two kids to help them go to school and get food that they need to get. Their names are Jesus and Mbaraka. Jesus is  in Mexico and Mbaraka is in Tanzania.

Here's a link that shows you some of the other charities I like and have given to.

Be thankful for what you have. Not everyone has what you do. That is why this Thanksgiving I am giving to people who don't have a whole lot.

My Uncle Benny Stops by for a Visit

On Friday after school my Uncle Benny came over at about 4 pm. He's not actually my uncle but he is like one. We have known him for a long time.We love him very much. He is a dear friend. We had a good time with him. He stayed for dinner and we had a yummy steak. He has two kids who always do stuff with me when I see them. We pray for each other all the time. Here he is. I really like this picture.

Love you, Uncle Benny.

back in school

I just got done with a great first day of school. I have all my stuff and I even got a new desk so I can work well.

I really like all of my teachers and I can't wait to see how the rest of the year goes. I have advanced classes in English, history, and geometry. I also am taking science and Spanish. I think I will do good in Spanish since I speak Italian already.
Bye

A New Sport For me

I have done all sorts of sports but now I am going to try Tennis. I have gone to a camp and now I am taking lessons. My coach says I have a natural talent for the sport. I really like it, but it is going to take a lot of work to keep the skills I learned and am going to learn. It's not like team sports, your all by your self in the games and you don't have people taking your place or a coach always telling what to do. I am going to try and get on the Patrick Henry team next year in High School.


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Making Edible Yarn

I don't usually write on the same day as the event, but this time it was special. My Gramma and I made edible yarn with the new edible yarn maker that came today in the mail. (By edible yarn, I mean pasta.) We had a lot of fun making the stuff, but we needed to put the yarn through the slot that made thicker and wider ones. We thought it was going to be a disaster, but it ended up being pretty good. (We made Cacio e Pepe.)

 Here was the box it came in,

 here is me working on making the yarn dough,

and here is why I called it yarn.

Were back home already

Hey everyone,
I'm back in San Diego. I liked Italy just like I always do. The last place we stayed was in Umbria, right outside of Assisi, at a place called Brigolante. There were two kids there named Niccoló and Leonardo. They were both younger than me but I still had a good time with them.





These are Leonardo, left, Niccoló, middle, and me.






And this is their mom.

Their place was really nice, although it was raining most of the week. One of the days we went to a cooking lesson at one of the ten best in all of Italy. I had a great time.


















Then another day we went to our friend Judith's house. She made and lunch and we all had a good time. She has been my friend since we lived in Italy and she is a really good cook too. Several years ago she helped me with my drawing.

That was all our last week in Italy. Now I'm back home.
See you next time.








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Tommy il Grande and Other International Friends

Hi everyone, today I am going to talk about my friend Tommy ( Tommaso). He has been my friend since I was in third grade in Greve.


Tis is us playing a silly card game called Yu-Gi-Oh in the upstairs of our appartment.



Believe it or not, this use to be my play area when we lived here.


Yaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!! I have a twin.


These are Tommy's parents.


This is my second B-day party with my friends Caro and Lana from Belgium and Tommy.


And their family.


Stop singing to me.


Caro and her family gave me a little model ferrari. Why didn't they get me a real one?


Tommy gave me a Zucchero T-shirt.


This is Simone, the care taker, during his intensive labor.


I'm helping Tommy with his English homework.


It was so confusing that it drove us insane.


Look at those big fluffy cotton candies floating in the sky.

Tommy is always going to be my friend.
Caro and her family are going to come see me in San Diego next summer.

Okay see ya every one.



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Matteo and Me...

We went to Cortona for two days and I made a new friend, Matteo. We really had a good time together and every time we come to Italy, I am going to see him. My gramma and his mom have known each other for a long time. He is really fun and we like all the same things.




This is Matteo and me. Can you tell who's who?




We spent two days, hiking, swimming, walking around town, going to the fortezza, playing with his friends and eating lots and lots and lots of gelato. I wish I lived there or he lived in San Diego.




On our way to dinner last night, I went blind.




Then, I went blind again.







We went to an American Saloon with Tuscan food which is run by Franco the cowboy who has never been to America.






See? Doesn't that look American?






Which one's the Indian?






Us..








Here's Franco, the cowboy, and his trusty friend Al the Owl.







Look at those grapefruit sized eyes.








Whe he gets older his wings will be 6 feet wide. He is only 40 days now.








Going, going, gone. Time to leave and say goodbye. What? It's already over. That's Francesca, his little sister.








Who's this fluffball? It's Carlotta one of the two dogs at the Bed and breakfast where we stayed.








This is Daisy, Carlotta's daughter. She was precious.








Dogs, friends, people, gelato....adios amigos. Wait, that's Spanish.



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