Hillside Hotel Amman

The last leg was back to where we started our Jordanian trip at the Amman Hillside Hotel. To our delight, Osama, the lovely receptionist I mentioned, had upgraded us to a SUITE!!! What a pleasure, we are on the 7th floor away from the noise and have a ...

... Roman streets, temples, theaters, and monuments, Jerash is thought to be only 10 percent excavated. Across a river and up a nearby hillside is the modern city of Jerash that has been built atop a virtual sea of additional ruins and untold treasures. Who ...

... up the stairs there.  We still got some good pictures, in addition to the ones from the Citadel way up on the hillside.  After the ampitheatre we headed home, which was only about a 15 minute walk, but also included some steep hills.  ...

... and is the oldest part of Amman.  I wandered in the back way I guess, past some rickety old houses stacked on the hillside and past the sheep grazing amongst some 1st cent. AD ruins.  I had to cross through the temple of Hercules to get to the ...

... me why) playing in the theater. Several temples remains with very detail decoration of stone carvings. One of them high up on the hillside you can even see the remain of the mosaic floor. It's about 4:00 pm  as we head back to Amman. ...