I am writing from a very slow internet connection at the Manar Hotel in Amman. It's actually a very strong wireless connection but it's all the way downstairs and I am feeling a little too tired and a little too full to drag my computer down to the lobby. All of that to say-- too slow of a connection for pictures this time.
Tomorrow we leave Jordan and head into Israel, and I don't know if I'll have internet there at all. So I thought I would take a moment, before drifting off to sleep to the sound of endless city traffic, and write a short list of yesterday's activities, which included (but are not limited to):
Waiting in an airport from 11 am to 9:45 pm
Looking at Canada's night lights from several thousand feet up
Watching the sun rise over the United Kingdom, after which I immediately fell asleep and missed France
Waking up to seeing Germany out the window
Eating breakfast over a handful of Eastern European countries
Falling asleep again, briefly, only to be awakened by the sunset over Greece and the Mediterranean (breakfast and sunset were in fact only a few hours apart)
Landing safely in Amman and checking in to a nice hotel downtown
We did a lot today... Saw Jerash, saw a lot of Amman, drank some Turkish coffee, saw the river where Jacob wrestled and was renamed Israel, saw some fantastic Roman ruins, fumbled with/butchered Arabic, etc.
My battery has only a few minutes left. It will probably be a few days before I write again.
Ma'a salama
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