Petra The world is my school today my classroom is in Petra, Jordan. I spent hours hauling myself up "stairs". I felt just like the camels and donkeys I shared the steps with, we were all exhausted. The donkeys were tortured by having heavy people on their backs while they lug them up 800 worn out stairs. We went on foot up these killer stairs, because it looked really scary going up by donkey. We even saw a small overloaded donkey trip on the sta...

The world is my school today my classroom is in Jaipur, India. Henna Henna is a plant, which the leaves get mushed up in order to form a paste. This paste is what you put on your skin, after around 30 minutes to an hour the henna will soak into your skin and the paste will dry. Once the paste is dry you pick it off then the Henna if left on your skin, it last's for 2 weeks to 2 months. When the Henna paste first goes on your skin I the pattern it feels reall...

Taj Mahal The world is my school today my classroom is at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. The Taj Mahal was built for remembrance of Queen Mumtaz Mahal by the order of her husband Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan was told 3 things by Mumtaz right before she died while having her 14th child (which did not survive). The first thing was that Shah Jahan would take care of their children. Second that he would never marry another woman in his lifetime. Third that he ...

The world is my school today my classroom is at a carpet store learning how the carpets are made and finding a good one to buy. Carpets can be in all different shapes, sizes, colors, designs, and patterns. Having your pattern being read out in a code for the pattern makes it easier to get the job done. Then you would get whatever color string and loop it around a rougher string, called the warp. The rougher string is the one that you'd find as a fringe on...

Singapore The world is my school today my classroom is in Singapore. Now we are at Singapore, which is a crazy city with lots of fun stuff to do. First stop, Rosie Meets World got some surgery done while we were in the most hygienic place on earth, Singapore - the "no gum" state. She got her adenoids taken out. I feel so happy yet so sad for her because it must have been at least a little painful though she was put under during the surgery. She now ca...