Egypt

Did you know that you can view over 1000 photos we took in Egypt by clicking on the various Photo Sets links, which is located in the right column of the blog? Once you click on one of the links, it will take you to flickr where you can choose to view the photos in [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

After over 24 hours of total travel time, we have finally arrived in the great city of Cairo, or Al Qahirah, as the Egyptians call their capital city. After leaving Jacksonville, we flew to Washington, D.C., our nation’s capital, where we had a six hour lay over. We tried to write a post to the [...]

All the bags are packed. Mrs. Menger, Jose and I are checked in and waiting at the gate in the Jacksonville Airport. Everyone is excited and ready to go. In a few minutes our plane will board and we are on our way to Washington. We will write to you then. Have a good day [...]