Gilgamesh’s World

I am in Israel and I’ve been here since Monday. I was born in Jerusalem in 2000 and haven’t been back since now. Tomorrow we leave for Jordan. We’re staying in Jerusalem at the Christmas Hotel. The first couple of days we walked around Jerusalem, mostly in the Old City. My favorite part was going to the Temple Mount and seeing the Dome of the Rock.

Then we rented a car. I was at the Dead Sea and when I was there instead of regular swimming you float. It was fun. There were a bunch of rocks in the bottom. Here is a picture of me floating in the Dead Sea.

I also went to several archaeological sites, including Megiddo, Arad, Zeitah, and Beth Shean which had a large Roman city. I went swimming in the Dead Sea, the Mediterranean, the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee. I ate dinner at the Bistro at Kibbutz Galon. Everyone there asked me about my sister who used to stay there when she did archaeology.  Here is a picture of me at Beth Shean.

A wasp stung me while my dad and me were practicing soccer by the Bayou St. John. They were living in the goal posts and the ball hit the goal and they attacked. They stung me on my shoulder. It stung for a long time, but now I’m over it. Today is Labor Day.

Summer is almost over. So school will start soon. We have tone to the wavepark. We have gone to the beach twice. We have gone to see my uncle and aunt and their son Hal, my cousin. I have gone to Nebraska to visit my family. It was fun. I feel good. Here is a picture of me in New York. I am in front of Rockefeller Center.

I went to St. Louis to see my aunt and uncle and before we saw them we went to the St. Louis arch. I went inside the arch. They wouldn’t let me take my skateboard inside. We went up to the top. I got to look out the windows.

I got those glasses at Graceland. Here is Elvis’ grave:

Strange how he was so poor and then so rich.

In Atlanta I took a picture with my sister Kalypso next to the Coca-Cola building. We also went to the King Tut exhibit, and saw a 3-D movie.

We also saw the Chinese soldiers buried with the emperors, and we saw the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. My dad gave a lecture about ancient beer at Emory University. In Atlanta we also saw Barack Obama become president and took a picture of us next to a television when that happened.