Thursday, 6/17/10 - Cairo, the Great Pyramids, Sphinx and camels, camels, and more camels . . .

Well, luckily all of the kids did their homework and Mr. Pirirng held true to his word as we all had a very memorable day. We first visited the Egyptian Museum but were unable to take pictures (boo). However, here is a quick fact to fill you in on the size and content of this place. If you were to stand at each artifact for 1 minute, you would be in the museum for 20+ years.

From there we visited the Great Pyramids as you saw on a previous post of mine with the Terrible Towel. Here is a picture of the first Great Pyramid that we visited.. . . the Pyramid of Khufu:

From Egypt - Day 4 - Egyptian Pyramids, Great Pyramids, Camels and more . . .

We then proceeded to the Pyramid of Khafre. This pyramid is the pyramid that we actually were able to go into.

From Egypt - Day 4 - Egyptian Pyramids, Great Pyramids, Camels and more . . .

Now, I will let the kids fill you all in on how far into the pyramid we went as well as how tight and hot it was while on the voyage to the center to see Khafre's sarchofogus. We were not able to take pictures inside but imagine the first video I posted while on this trip . . . just a lot tighter and much, much hotter!!

From there we were about to go on the trip of a lifetime. Why drive from Khafre's Pyramid to the Sphinx? Shoot - let's take a few camels!!! Alrighty then . . . our wish was Magdy's (our AMAZING tour guide) command! Here is a picture of us on the camels with the Pyramids in the background:

From Egypt - Day 4 - Egyptian Pyramids, Great Pyramids, Camels and more . . .

Each one of us had our own camel - some more crazy than others. Here is a quick video that I was dangerously able to capture while holding on for my life:


Once we arrived at the Sphinx we were greeted with some local guides (the kids!). There were some beautiful children that we all fell quickly fond of that helped take our pictures of the Sphinx in some really funny poses. So we asked if we could get a picture with some of them. Here they are!

From Egypt - Day 4 - Egyptian Pyramids, Great Pyramids, Camels and more . . .

I hope you enjoyed the update. We leave tomorrow afternoon for Frankfurt and we will be on our journey home. This has been a trip of a lifetime. We are all hoping that your sons and daughters felt the same. All I can say is to be prepared for some ridiculous stories, videos and memories. They will be coming your way as soon as we land in Chicago . . . . I will do my best to make a quick post once we arrive at our hotel in Germany. Until then . . . . please continue to read the subsequent posts I made so that the days stayed in chronological order:)