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One of summer days my aunt came from her school as usually, and while all my family have a lunch she started to ask my grandfather about a trip was the school would planned it to Palmyra, that time it's first time I have heard about Palmyra, but my grandfather at first was disagree about the trip because we didn't go there before and we didn't have know what kind of environment there even we didn't have a people there,but my aunt could to convince my grandfather in one condition ,which was to go all the family there, we didn't shocked because we know my grandfather and his love to travel, as 60 year old my grandfather visited more of 10 countries began from Egypt, Lebanon and Slovakia until Russia ,France and Germany,we knowing in our family as a travelling family,my dad spend 10 years around Europe and my mom visited alot of countries like Lebanon, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, my uncle have a good trip between China in east until UK in west, even me I have a good experience in travel learned it from Lebanon and Jordan trip,so yaa back to our story, next morning my aunt went to school and subscribe our names in trip list, it's Friday we wake up at 5 o'clock to find the bus was waiting us,we prepared all what we needed last night and we take the bus as soon as,now I can say our trip was began,as we started to get in limited of Palmyra we could to see what meaning a desert,sand, hot climate and wild animals, so it was a leap into the unknown. The school was contracted with a good restaurant to rest there, and as we arrived there and get out the bus I run looking for a coold water,and my family set under an umbrella making from palm leaf,the director of school asked if we want to eat,and we said yes in funny way,while we had eaten the director of school find a good tourist guide to lead us in our trip, as we finished the walking started, at first he take us to main theatre in this ancient city and he said the theater's age is more than 3000 years and gave us an information about the ancient city,huge building made just for enjoyable the king as watch his gladiator fight with a lion,it was amazing to know how can they leave,then he take us to temple of the god Baal, the sun God,you can feel us a glory as you visit it,and in my way I meet some tourists,two pair of friends they are came from America in trip around the world, and I invitation them to our city and about two weeks later, they really came. It was fun to meet people internationally and learn about the different cultures. And for our trip in Palmyra, we ended it by visited the market to buy some gifts, after we visited the main castle and museums where we first saw a mummy and we rode camels also we picked up a lot From the pictures, we returned to our home in the evening feeling tired, and even that, this trip remains a witness in my memory, documented with photos about the beauty of this city despite the war, destruction and thefts that have witnessed.