Howdy!!
As the Aggies have officially joined the SEC, I thought I'd let you all know how much I am missing College Station!! There is another Aggie coming to the program next session but I don't know her!
Friday, we drove to Wadi Rum - literally Sand Valley. It was beautiful! The entire area was underwater and so the stone had all sorts of pore holes in it and it was just magnificent!! We went on a camel ride for about 30 minutes then climbed a rock to watch the sunset! It was a beautiful sight. The sand has a lot of iron and other minerals make the sand a gorgeous red/peach color! It was so pretty. We rode back to the camp and were able to get settled before bed. Yes, family, we were in TENTS but inside said tents were two twin beds on two-foot-off-the-ground bed frames. It was definitely my kind of camping. There were full shower facilities (somewhere on site) as well as multiple bathroom stalls designated for women's use only. It was a really cool place that I would definitely recommend. I even got full with the dinner!!! Dinner was different meats that were cooked under the ground with a fire underneath. It was a really cool set up and we got to see it get unearthed with shovels. After dinner, we all kind of hung around a fire with several hookah pipes around us. It was a really great experience. Breakfast the next morning was also great! (We even had hard boiled eggs!) We gathered our belongings then went on a drive on pick up trucks and went all around the desert and saw all kinds of cool historical markers!
After the ride, we started our voyage to Petra! Heavens to Betsy - Petra is beautiful! It is a great historical site. The amount of time that they put into that monolith (the Treasury) is absolutely astonishing! The entire site is actually a huge area that is all downhill from the start - making a NICE trek at the end. (and YES, family, I DID actually walk the whole way!! No horse for me!) It was amazing how many different countries had representatives at the site. I met other Americans, a couple Italians and even some Australians! After our adventure in Petra, we drove back to Amman.
School resumed once more yesterday for our third week. In Arabic, I had my FIRST oral exam in all five semesters of Arabic. It was really intimidating but I think I did well. My grades in that class and in my foreign policy class have been above what I hoped so I'm pretty happy about that. Today, I explored Amman with a Jordanian girl, Diana, as well as Ashley, Rosalynd, and Anndrea. It was really fun! We went to a part of Amman that I had never been to before.
We all finished our homework early, have been watching movies, and we're currently enjoying each other's company :) It's been a good day here but I have to admit. I miss home. Oh well. Soon!
Thank you everyone for your thoughts and concerns and prayers and kind and encouraging words. I miss you guys so much.
I'm going to head to bed soon. I'll post pictures as soon as I get them from friends. Sorry, guys; I'm a photophobe.
Love you and love from Amman.
As the Aggies have officially joined the SEC, I thought I'd let you all know how much I am missing College Station!! There is another Aggie coming to the program next session but I don't know her!
Friday, we drove to Wadi Rum - literally Sand Valley. It was beautiful! The entire area was underwater and so the stone had all sorts of pore holes in it and it was just magnificent!! We went on a camel ride for about 30 minutes then climbed a rock to watch the sunset! It was a beautiful sight. The sand has a lot of iron and other minerals make the sand a gorgeous red/peach color! It was so pretty. We rode back to the camp and were able to get settled before bed. Yes, family, we were in TENTS but inside said tents were two twin beds on two-foot-off-the-ground bed frames. It was definitely my kind of camping. There were full shower facilities (somewhere on site) as well as multiple bathroom stalls designated for women's use only. It was a really cool place that I would definitely recommend. I even got full with the dinner!!! Dinner was different meats that were cooked under the ground with a fire underneath. It was a really cool set up and we got to see it get unearthed with shovels. After dinner, we all kind of hung around a fire with several hookah pipes around us. It was a really great experience. Breakfast the next morning was also great! (We even had hard boiled eggs!) We gathered our belongings then went on a drive on pick up trucks and went all around the desert and saw all kinds of cool historical markers!
After the ride, we started our voyage to Petra! Heavens to Betsy - Petra is beautiful! It is a great historical site. The amount of time that they put into that monolith (the Treasury) is absolutely astonishing! The entire site is actually a huge area that is all downhill from the start - making a NICE trek at the end. (and YES, family, I DID actually walk the whole way!! No horse for me!) It was amazing how many different countries had representatives at the site. I met other Americans, a couple Italians and even some Australians! After our adventure in Petra, we drove back to Amman.
School resumed once more yesterday for our third week. In Arabic, I had my FIRST oral exam in all five semesters of Arabic. It was really intimidating but I think I did well. My grades in that class and in my foreign policy class have been above what I hoped so I'm pretty happy about that. Today, I explored Amman with a Jordanian girl, Diana, as well as Ashley, Rosalynd, and Anndrea. It was really fun! We went to a part of Amman that I had never been to before.
We all finished our homework early, have been watching movies, and we're currently enjoying each other's company :) It's been a good day here but I have to admit. I miss home. Oh well. Soon!
Thank you everyone for your thoughts and concerns and prayers and kind and encouraging words. I miss you guys so much.
I'm going to head to bed soon. I'll post pictures as soon as I get them from friends. Sorry, guys; I'm a photophobe.
Love you and love from Amman.
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