Well! two big things I did this week: cook, and hike! Not things I generally enjoy doing, but I did have a great time.
This past Sunday, I learned how to make a Jordanian dish with Lara, my language partner. I forget what it is called, but it is fried eggplant and potatoes cooked with rice and was delicious! I went to Lara's apartment for the first time, and ended up staying there for about 5 hours! We cooked, her friends came over and we all ate together, then she painted my nails (and added pretty stamps to them! It was soo cool I have to get some!) and some little girls from the apartment upstairs came over. One of them had an English test the next day so I helped her study.
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| My friend Katie and I do yoga while we wait to go hiking |
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| Left to Right: Sam, Me, Chelsea, Olivia, Andrew, Pitrus, Katie, Jenny Sue, Peter |
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| Olivia and I lying in the water after floating down |
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| At the end of the hike, we were underneath a waterfall...thank goodness for waterproof cameras! |
Then, this weekend, I had to go to Amman with my Archaeology class, and everyone decided to make a weekend out of it. We went down on Thursday evening, and went to a library that was converted into a bar. On Friday, we went to Wadi Mujib. It was AMAZING. Basically, there is a siq (like a canyon) created by this river that you walk up. You walk in the water, and have to climb up several small waterfalls to get to a big waterfall. It was really hard at times, and I am sore and bruised and cut up now, but I love anything with water. We had life jackets, and in parts that were deep enough, we would float downstream for a bit. The end of the hike was at a waterfall, and there were a ton of hikers there. Some of the shebab (Jordanian boys) were jumping off a rock under the waterfall, so I did too. I slipped once, but dove a few times. it was pretty fun!
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| More yoga |
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| The citadel |
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| A view of Amman atop the Roman theater |
On Saturday, we met my Archaeology teacher at the Roman Theater, and learned about the history. We also visited the Citadel, which had a beautiful view. We ate lunch at a very non-vegetarian restaurant, even though I told them to ask if there was veggi food, my teacher assured me there would be. There was humus and pita...thats about it. Luckily the heat made me not that hungry.
This past Sunday, I learned how to make a Jordanian dish with Lara, my language partner. I forget what it is called, but it is fried eggplant and potatoes cooked with rice and was delicious! I went to Lara's apartment for the first time, and ended up staying there for about 5 hours! We cooked, her friends came over and we all ate together, then she painted my nails (and added pretty stamps to them! It was soo cool I have to get some!) and some little girls from the apartment upstairs came over. One of them had an English test the next day so I helped her study.
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