Amman Jerusalem Hotel

... read the leftover crude from the Turkish coffee and can tell your future. 7aram but m3a alena. Mohamad's sisters are super spirited and funny and the kids were hilarious. They kept putting flowers in my hair and trying to quietly sit closer and closer to me. Somehow I weaseled away before Moha went to buy kanafa which would have been delicious but I had already been there three hours I needed to get ready for Zoe's birthday. <br><br>When we were ready, Jess and I headed to 51 ...

... dances<br> <br>(7) travel to all the sweet places in Jordan<br>(8) travel to Palestine, Lebanon, and maybe Egypt<br> <br>(9) get spit on by a camel, greet an ibex, meet a goat, pet a sheep, and hang out with Limpy (the 3 1/2 legged cat from the park)<br><br>(10) get my very own Miss Havisham to fund my pursuits <br>

... around 2:30 am.<br><br>Friday: I slept in, paid the rent, and got a giant bowl of cabbage rolls from the landlady. They were piping hot and super delicious. I think I did some other stuff but I don;t really remember and then I got talked into attending Manal's wedding reception at Canvas. [Background for people who know me, Manal, like Adib, was also a good friend of Jenica's which is how I really know here and further contributes to the fact that it is like Kzoo in ...

... in the WRC her sophomore year. My mind was like blown out of the water while we were talking. We even have the same major and are both in love with Catherine MacKinnon (she actually had her as a professor at UofM). CraZy cool! I already thought she was cool before knowing any of this now I know why she is so cool. Haha, the universe works in mysterious ways. Just thought I would share that my housing situation is under control for at ...

... know is sort of like SIMS and consists of building relationships....<br>Me: What kind of video game is that? Like what is the object?<br>B. Pitt: It's a game where you have to make love.<br>Me: What!?<br>J. Depp: No! Doesn't make love mean sex.<br>Me: Um, yeeaa.<br>B. Pitt: No, no, no! That's not what I meant.<br><br>Also, I have been told I look like Meredeth Grey and Cameron Diaz and act like Donna from That 70s Show.<br>

... I will return there a few times before I leave. I tried some boiled chickpeas with spices and a dessert that is like a tiny pancake folded around Nutella. Delicious of course! To end the night Casey took us to Wild Jordan, a restaurant where everything is fair-trade, organic, recycled, etc and proceeds help their foundation maintain protected areas of Jordan's environment. This place was amazing and it is on top of one of ...

The Holy Lands Institute is a school for the blind and deaf. Jordanian children and teenagers, who are poor, can come to the school and there is a residence as well. They go to school, learn how to communicate, and as they get older they learn skills and trades for the real world. We were told that there is a high demand for the students who come out of the mechanics program ...

... br>So I ended up staying at my boss&#8217;s place for awhile as I tried to get over being sick. Then one night I thought I would try it out again and just see if it was any better&#8230;failure. The place was just as disgusting as I had left it. In addition, I had left the little window of the bathroom open to keep it aired out and so when I went to take a shower, I had a lot of little black friends to keep me company! <br><br> <br><br>We called the landlord again to ...

... go to the Taj Mahal, etc. etc. Then he pulls out a book and pulls out a picture of him with his hand places to it looks like he's touching the Taj Mahal. He has shortish dreadlocks in the picture (though he has a crew cut now). He tells us everything there is to tell us about the Taj Mahal. He continues talking and talking and talking, and then he pulls out another picture. In it he has full length dreadlocks and he's reading a copy of the Ken Starr Report. "Oh Man ...

... of the city from our vantage point, and watched some kids playing in the cobbled streets, before walking back down to street level and grabbing some delicious and cheap shish kebabs and felafel rolls. Mm-mmm!<br><br>Fridays are a holy day in Muslim countries, so their weekend runs Friday-Saturday. Friday morning we woke up and the sounds of a market drifted in through our window. Outside stalls were set up in the streets selling birds ...