The Pyramids!

The Pyramids
8/14

Okay, so we did the whole pyramids thing. It was a pretty basic tour that the school bought tickets for so that we could all say that we had been. We didn’t go inside the pyramid or see the solar boat, both of which I need to do when I go back. I know this sounds bad, especially to those of you who have never been, but I kind of expected more. Now, before you go and think me a buffoon, let me explain myself. I did leave the pyramids with a sense of wonder, so don’t you worry. I blame my friend Michael for my sense of non-wonderment. I was thinking to myself that I thought I’d be more amazed, but still fairly impressed at this time, when Michael walked up and told me that he thought that the pyramids would be “well… bigger”. I must say, I did agree. I mean, its one of those things where the pyramids are soo big its hard to comprehend. You get up close and they don’t seem that big, because you are right there, able to touch them! When you are that close their hugeness eludes you, I swear. Then you go far away and the distance makes them look small. So as Michael and I were walking, we started to talk about how impressive it was that they were build so quickly and really, those were some giant freaking’ rocks that they moved from all over Egypt. There was some amazing logistics to figure out how to get the stone there, let alone how to get them on top of each other. I also began to think about how big they really are. The guy in charge of all the new construction on campus told me that the largest pyramid, and the one that happened to be built first, has a base that is 20% larger than the CAC Campus. That is just crazy big to me, especially since I am running all over campus to be in different classes all day! I also looked back at my pictures, and though they don’t do it the proper justice, the hugeness is there. My flat mate took a shot of me after I had climbed up a bit (which is allowed, thank you people who think I am still creating trouble in a whole new continent) and I look soo tiny. There is also a shot of my friend Shannon, but shot at a more intense zoom, so she doesn’t look as small. However, you do have to admit when you are standing on those blocks that they are huge. Incomprehensibly huge. My brain hurt at thinking all of the effort and crazy planning it must have taken and what they must have looked like when they were build and brand new. The amazing colors of the different types of rock and stone. Basically I left not with a sense of awe for the way the pyramids looked, but more for the effort that it took to build them and all the logistics behind building something so massive that has lasted so long. The pictures aren't half bad either!