So I decided to start a blog... this is a challenge I hope I can keep up with. My journal just isn't cutting it on its own i guess. So today was our third full day in Jordan and we didn't have class because the weekend is Friday & Saturday in the Middle East. All us students slept late, due to a mixture of our professors seemingly energy-inducing tea and the heat of the day. Over sleeping is going to be a problem I foresee, because getting out of bed is HARD in this heat. Finally I got out of bed, as did my roommates with the intent on going to the gym. So at noon and the sun's highest point of the day, we walked to the gym, only to realize the doors were locked. (However, we later discovered that there were side doors that were unlocked) - so that was a bust. Instead, we did most of our homework and polished off the rest of the fruit salad. It lasted a day and a half - this is a problem. I need more fruit! Good thing we can get great tasting bananas, grapes, and pineapples at the market tomorrow, inshahallah.
We ate dinner at a traditional Yemeni restaurant and the food was amazing. Actually, the food in most places here (everywhere so far) has been great! Very different concoctions of food but wonderful nonetheless. The best tasting hummus you'll find anywhere with only the freshest of pita bread to accompany it.
The past 2 days we have spent our nights on the town at a hookah bar called B12. I wish there was something similar to it in the states. It is so chill and so nice inside! There are these beautiful hanging lanterns form the ceiling. And they make fresh juice there. I'm pretty sure it is pureed fruit, not squeezed, which makes it even better.
Other notes so far in the 4 days we have been here:
- Our toilet broke but we fixed it with 2 spoons and some teamwork - don't ask questions.
- Tips for living in a city: buy a broom and use it to carry grocery bags (thanks Vanessa)
- Time is non existent here. Bed is whenever you feel like, probably sometime in the wee hours of the morning
- If you can drive in Jordan, you can drive anywhere. With no rhyme of reason to anything people do, I'm surprised there aren't more accidents. Good thing we are in a bus and are bigger than most of the cars. Fear us citizens of Irbid. Also, there are apprently no rules when driving. You want to hang out the window? Go ahead! There's only 5 seats in the car? So that can fit about 8 people. Use your cell phone! Drive fast!
There isn't a care in the world here. It is amazing.
We ate dinner at a traditional Yemeni restaurant and the food was amazing. Actually, the food in most places here (everywhere so far) has been great! Very different concoctions of food but wonderful nonetheless. The best tasting hummus you'll find anywhere with only the freshest of pita bread to accompany it.
The past 2 days we have spent our nights on the town at a hookah bar called B12. I wish there was something similar to it in the states. It is so chill and so nice inside! There are these beautiful hanging lanterns form the ceiling. And they make fresh juice there. I'm pretty sure it is pureed fruit, not squeezed, which makes it even better.
Other notes so far in the 4 days we have been here:
- Our toilet broke but we fixed it with 2 spoons and some teamwork - don't ask questions.
- Tips for living in a city: buy a broom and use it to carry grocery bags (thanks Vanessa)
- Time is non existent here. Bed is whenever you feel like, probably sometime in the wee hours of the morning
- If you can drive in Jordan, you can drive anywhere. With no rhyme of reason to anything people do, I'm surprised there aren't more accidents. Good thing we are in a bus and are bigger than most of the cars. Fear us citizens of Irbid. Also, there are apprently no rules when driving. You want to hang out the window? Go ahead! There's only 5 seats in the car? So that can fit about 8 people. Use your cell phone! Drive fast!
There isn't a care in the world here. It is amazing.
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