Category: Mikhaila’s Memories
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Terrific Tulum!
Read more: Terrific Tulum!The first part of our adventure to Tulum began on our journey to the ruins as we took public transit. The locals use white vans known as collectivos to get around, similar to our city buses. It was a great way to get an insight into the everyday lives of people who live in this…
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Journey to the Stars: Our Spectacular Day at the Kennedy Space Center
Read more: Journey to the Stars: Our Spectacular Day at the Kennedy Space CenterOur day of space exploration began at the crack of dawn. We made our way to the Kennedy Space Center to witness an Atlas V 551 rocket launch bring a communications satellite into orbit. Arriving around 4:30 am, the anticipation in the air was palpable as we made our way to the bleachers, strategically positioned…
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A Journey into Ancient Crete
Read more: A Journey into Ancient CreteContinuing on with the cruise, the next island we visited was Crete! This was the largest Greek island that we’ve visited and this was our second time here; our first visit was in 2010! The island is beautiful, and full of history found in traces of ancient Crete. While on the island, we visited the…
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Coptic Cairo!
Read more: Coptic Cairo!After visiting places of worship of the ancient Egyptians at their temples, we decided to visit more “modern” places of worship. To do this we took a trip to Coptic Cairo. Coptic Cairo is the oldest part of the city of Cairo. Although in most cities the oldest part is called Old (insert city name),…
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A Tomb Fit For A King
Read more: A Tomb Fit For A KingWhat better way to start off your day than a hot air balloon ride at sunrise over the Valley of the Kings? This is how we started New Years’ Eve! To start off our day, we took a hot air balloon over the city of Luxor for an aerial tour. We were able to see…