After a very interesting and tiring last couple of days, I finally landed in at the Amman, Jordan International Airport. I am now sitting on my bed at the Hotel I am being put up in for the night.
My original plans were to depart from St. Louis at 12:30 on the 19th and arrive in Jordan at 6:20 on the 20th. My CIEE orientation was supposed to start in the morning of the 21st.
But nothing worked out as I planned. My flight got cancelled at St. Louis and I was not able to make another flight to get me to an international airport that would take me to Jordan that night. So I had to schedule my flight leaving St. Louis at 5:30PM on the 20th and would arrive in Jordan at 6:30 PM on the 21st. So I ended up taking that option. I left St. Louis and landed at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. I then had a two hour layover and boarded the Royal Jordanian Airbus 340, which took me to Jordan. It was an 11 hour flight from Chicago to Amman. The flight was enjoyable, I got two meals, watched a couple movies, and got about an hour nap.
I had an interesting time once I got out of the airport. I was met by a CIEE representative who drove me to the Landmark Hotel. It was with out a doubt the craziest car ride I have ever experienced. The road laws are a little bit relaxed here in Amman.
Once I arrived at the hotel, I checked in and went up to my room and took a much needed shower. I then changed into some nicer clothes and went down to be buffet restaurant and had my first tasted of Jordanian cuisine. It was very good. And now I am in my bed typing this and about to go to bed.
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| Flying over Athens, Greece |
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| Flying into Tel-Aviv |
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| Over Tel-Aviv |
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| the clothes I packed for the semester |
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| Over Jordan |
Scratch that. I was not able connect to the internet to post that So now I am at my host families house. It is very nice. They have three bedrooms, a fully kitchen, a dining and sitting room, and a tv room. My family is a Christian family. My host mom and her son Fadi live here. They are nice and hospitable people. Right when I arrived at the house my mom had food ready for me to eat and it was tasty.
