The Pyramid's Will Have to Wait

Surrounding the joy of preparing for Jerusalem, there were three main things I was looking forward to doing: 


1) Riding in an airplane 1.3425 miles in the air for 18+ hours
2) Walking the paths where Jesus walked 2000 years ago
3) Doing the peace sign while standing in front of the Sphinx/Pyramids 


All of these were/are important aspects to my upcoming Jerusalem experience. But, one fateful day approached and one of three items on the list was bound for failure. At first I was excited to see an email in my inbox labeled, "Jerusalem Center Information and Flight", but that excitement dwindled as I noticed the phrase, "Because of recent events in the country, we will not be taking students to Egypt during the 2011 Spring/Summer Program." Needless to say, a little part of my heart died. So... no pyramids, no sphinx, and no peace sign. I suppose there are worse things in life. Instead we will embark into the uncharted territory that is Turkey. Whether or not they celebrate Thanksgiving year-round, I have yet to find out. But as we all know, that's why they made wikipedia.