Today we went to the Citadel which is a huge fortress with a beautiful mosque inside. We got to see how the Muslim people pray and how beautifully they decorate their mosques. Hamada was with us and explained everything. After we left the Citadel, we visited the ancient Coptic area of Cairo. That’s where the ancient Christians lived and worshipped. I liked the way the churches were designed. The artwork inside was absolutely beautiful. They used lots of dark and bright colors and shiny golden parts. My Mom and I each put some money in a box and got candles to light. My Mom told me that each candle means that you can say a prayer and light it and that stands for your prayers. I lit my candle and said a prayer.

Then we had to get to the hotel and get packed and go to the train station. Once we got there, we waited for our sleeping train with many other people. Then we met some people standing next to us. They were very nice to us, and they said that they were traveling to Luxor too and they had the later train. They also said they didn’t have a hotel picked out yet. My Mom mentioned the name of the hotel where we would be staying called the Sheraton Luxor Resort.

Once we figured out that we were on the wrong platform and that our train was just about to leave. So we ran and ran and ran to make our train. We went underground to the next platform but my sister was yelling and we didn’t know why. And then we went to train and we got to our car and then we noticed that Mom was missing and then we knew that was why Hannah was yelling. My Dad ran off to find my Mom. I was very scared. It took 5 minutes to find my Mom. When we found my Mom, she explained that she took a wrong turn and ended up on another platform. I was so happy to see her. We got on the train and we got on our sleeping car and went to bed.