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Today I will be visiting two locations in Paris, France. Paris is the capital as well as the largest city in France. It is the home of nearly 2.2 million people.  Site 1 – Our first site was the Eiffel Tower located in Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower was named after an engineer by the name Gustave Eiffel who also designed and built the tower. The tower is locally nicknamed as “La dame de fer” which is French for “French Lady.” The tower was built from 1887 to 1889 and was the centerpiece of the 1889 World's fair. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most visited monuments in the world. It is 330 meters tall, which is about the same height as an 81-story building. It is also the tallest building in Paris. The tower has three different levels that we were able to visit. We were able to eat at restaurants on the first and second level. On the top level, we were able to stand on a platform that was 906 feet above the ground. We climbed 300 stairs to both the first and second level. We were

Today I will be visiting two sites in North Africa. I will be spending the day in Cairo, Egypt. Cairo is the capital of Egypt and is the largest city in the Arab world. Cairo is the home to 21 million people.  Site 1 – Our first stop in Cairo was the Great Pyramid of Giza . The Great Pyramid of Giza is known to be the oldest and largest of the pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex. This pyramid is also known to be called the Pyramid of Khufu. It borders present-day Giza located in Greater Cairo. Out of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and is also the last one to remain together. According to Egyptologists, the pyramid took twenty years to build and was built as a tomb for a pharaoh by the name Khufu. It is predicted that the pyramid was built in the 26th century BC. The pyramid is about 480 feet tall and nearly 750 feet long. It is constructed from two million pieces of granite and limestone. While visiting the Great Pyramid of Giza, we wer