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Adventuring through the Great Pyramid

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 Welcome back! This time around, I'll be focusing on an adventure through the Great Pyramid! On the airplane to Egypt, we actually managed to see the pyramids from the airplane, and it was really cool. It really showed just how big they were. It was once the world's largest building, but that really put into perspective how humongous it was. When we actually landed in Egypt, one of the first things we did is riding one of the camels. They were surprisingly tall, and you actually have to lean back when the camel stands up to avoid falling down. And then when I went into the Great Pyramid, it was very dark, almost like a dungeon.When it comes to climbing the inside of the pyramid, it was surprisingly thrilling. The stairway is kind of a fusion between a ladder and a staircase. After climbing the pyramids, we went to see the sphinx, which, like the pyramids, was far larger in person than photos made it out to be. As you can see, the sphinx was worn down over time due to sand blowi

My first adventure to Europe

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 Hello and welcome to Julian's World Adventures! Today I'm going to focus on my first adventure to Italy.  When me and my mom arrived in Italy, one of the first things we did was go to a restaurant near the Pantheon, a building celebrating the Roman gods. While I was there at the restaurant, I tried some Roman pizza, which was very delicious. Then after that, we took a stroll around Rome, and we got to see not just the city, but we also saw some very beautiful art, and one of the most impressive things to me were the public water faucets, which are from the times of Ancient Rome, which still work, in fact, a lot of the plumbing systems still in place in Rome were created by the Ancient Romans.  One of my favorite things about Rome is the art, and also the fact that there is art pretty much everywhere. Whether on buildings, in museums, or buildings themselves, art is one of the most important aspects of Rome, which gives it a beautiful charm I haven't seen anywhere else.  An