Well, I'm home again and I've had a few days to re-assimilate. It's a relief to be back but I already miss Alex. It has been great going through my photos. I went on such an amazing trip! There are many sights in Jordan that are must-see but few people will have the opportunity to visit them. I feel blessed that I was able to. Here are my photos: < ( Read more... )

So what have we been up to since then ( Read more... )

Hooray...I can access the internet again! Two days ago I started a chronicle of our journeys and the computer blinked out 5 paragraphs in and has not come to life again since. At this internet cafe I will try to recreate some of what I wrote ( Read more... )

*sigh* I am still glowing from this weekend. It may have been one of the best weekends I've ever had. The weather is finally better here (Artemis' friend Walid claims that winter itself is over) and I haven't had a chance to summarize my weekend experiences here on the LJ. Today we went souvenir shopping and were very successful. At long last my ( Read more... )

It looks like the improved weather has lit a fire under everyone's rear ends and we're heading off this afternoon on our little road trip (it had seemed like we might have to postpone it until tomorrow). Artemis is renting a car and Alex, Lauren (an Australian) and I will be on our way. Tonight we hope to reach Petra to see it by candlelight, if ( Read more... )

Wow--Alex and I just returned from the coolest day trip. We visited Mount Nebo, the site of Moses' death and where he and the Israelites first viewed the Land of Milk and Honey (before seizing it from the Canaanites, that is). I felt excited and blessed to have my opportunity to pay my respects at this holy and historic site, heathen though I may ( Read more... )

So, the good news is that it finally stopped raining, which is a relief. The bad news is that it snowed. And it still seems to be snowing off and on again. In fact, right now the sun is shining weakly through the fog that has blanketed everything since late last night, but I expect it will wink back behind the clouds again ( Read more... )

Just kidding...it's not really that urgent. I just need to take a moment to say, NEVER never watch the movie, "Shallow Hal". It stars Jack Black and Gwynneth Paltrow in a fat suit. Oh man...it was just SO bad. We had recently watched "The Phantom" wich is one of those fabulous films that's so bad in a way that it's SO good. I'd watched it with my ( Read more... )

I've been a bit incommunicado the past few days due to general busyness and now being ill. I seem to have two ailments at the same time: I have both a sore throat/cold and upset digestion. Fortunately it's freezing-raining outside right now so I don't feel bad about staying in all day. I'ts been a fun couple of days, though. Thursday we had a ( Read more... )

We just returned from an afternoon and evening out with Alex’s friends Ana and Artemis and also Abdullah. Wow, that’s a lot of A’s. It was great meeting up with Ana & Artemis who just got back in town from their visit to Syria. Apparently Damascus is lovely and a bit more cosmopolitan than Amman (also warmer) and it seems that they had a wonderful ( Read more... )