We made it to Egypt! When we got to Egypt the branch there was waiting for us to have Sacrament meeting. Its kind of crazy that the Sabbath can be any day you want really... Its seems really foreign. Anyways after a really nice Sacrament meeting we went to our hotel, The Oasis, and had dinner. Well sort of had dinner... the Nile is so polluted that you cant really eat anything except bread and rice, which is great, unless you have to eat it for 10 days straight...talk about carb overload!
We got up ready for a jam packed day in the +100 degree heat! Our first stop was the, drum roll please...
Giza Pyramids!
Interesting Facts:
- They were built about 4,500 years ago
- The oldest and largest was built by Khufu
- It has an estimated 2,300,000 Limestone blocks
- Each block weighs an average of 5,000 pounds, they are about the size of an SUV
- Ramps and pulleys were used to construct them
- It was a profession/honor to work on the Pyramids, people were paid not enslaved
- They were made to be shaped like rays of the sun
Chrissy, Me, Lisa, and Maddie
Kendal, Nick, Me, Adam, Jillian, Tyler, Jesse, Mac, Aubrey, and Josette
See the little people... they really are MASSIVE!!!
1 comment:
Grace! Your blog is great! And can I just say that I LOVE the fact that you have a quote page? Anyone who dedicates web space to inspirational ideas is automatically awesome.
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I am kinda biased, though
http://www.kendelc.com/quotes.html
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