Today was my first day in the city not at orientation, and it was nothing less than fabulous. My pink jeans were a hit.Waking up in the morning actually not knowing how to get to school or not even knowing the name of the street you live on is quite ... exhilarating? haha. Anyways, I used my awesome Arabic skills to get to and from school,and to buy things, no problem. What a girl.
God's grace brought me a 24/7 McDonald's right across from campus. I'm a bint sa3da ( happy girl (: ) Now I can eat my favorite food every single day. I promise to try new things.. just at dinner? But actually I haven't gone there yet- so proud!
On a far less momentous note, during the last few days Ive been getting to know the town !I took a tour of the city on Monday and I saw the Roman Herculean temple and amphitheater, and the king's automobile collection, and all sorts of stuff.Amman is really,really,really big. I am confident I will be in a perpetual state of lost for the remainder of my stay here. Literally, every single building looks the same.No matter what direction you look, all you can see for miles and miles is houses on hills. It's amazing.
Cell phone and Internet usage is literally the equivalent to ... I don't know, being a circus performer? It's very frustrating. So I don't want to talk about it.
My experience in Amman is going to be something I'll never forget- I can already tell. I have the most non- traditional, laid- back host family, and I love them to death! I have a hip mom and dad, a 14 year old brother who I'm not even sure is a human cause he sleeps like 20 hours a day, 22 and 17 year old sisters who are literally Arab princesses- they're SO beautiful and funny, and I also have an 11 year old and 8 year old sister who are both hilarious. Another American student names Alex is also living with me, so it makes things WAY less awkward too.
Today Hour, my youngest sister, Alex, and I were walking down the street and two men starting saying inappropriate things to us, so what does Hour do? She walks over to them, yells, and shakes her finger. SO sassy- She's my girl. Later tonight we decided to go furniture shopping at like 9 , and then to get "cocktails," aka smoothies at 11, and they were heaven on earth. But I have never seen so many men in one place drinking fruity drinks... goodgod, it was actually hilarious.
Tomorrow I get my class schedule and I start classes on Sunday! Good luck to me, navigating a new campus with a map written in Arabic!
-Blonde Girl Out
God's grace brought me a 24/7 McDonald's right across from campus. I'm a bint sa3da ( happy girl (: ) Now I can eat my favorite food every single day. I promise to try new things.. just at dinner? But actually I haven't gone there yet- so proud!
On a far less momentous note, during the last few days Ive been getting to know the town !I took a tour of the city on Monday and I saw the Roman Herculean temple and amphitheater, and the king's automobile collection, and all sorts of stuff.Amman is really,really,really big. I am confident I will be in a perpetual state of lost for the remainder of my stay here. Literally, every single building looks the same.No matter what direction you look, all you can see for miles and miles is houses on hills. It's amazing.
Cell phone and Internet usage is literally the equivalent to ... I don't know, being a circus performer? It's very frustrating. So I don't want to talk about it.
My experience in Amman is going to be something I'll never forget- I can already tell. I have the most non- traditional, laid- back host family, and I love them to death! I have a hip mom and dad, a 14 year old brother who I'm not even sure is a human cause he sleeps like 20 hours a day, 22 and 17 year old sisters who are literally Arab princesses- they're SO beautiful and funny, and I also have an 11 year old and 8 year old sister who are both hilarious. Another American student names Alex is also living with me, so it makes things WAY less awkward too.
Today Hour, my youngest sister, Alex, and I were walking down the street and two men starting saying inappropriate things to us, so what does Hour do? She walks over to them, yells, and shakes her finger. SO sassy- She's my girl. Later tonight we decided to go furniture shopping at like 9 , and then to get "cocktails," aka smoothies at 11, and they were heaven on earth. But I have never seen so many men in one place drinking fruity drinks... goodgod, it was actually hilarious.
Tomorrow I get my class schedule and I start classes on Sunday! Good luck to me, navigating a new campus with a map written in Arabic!
-Blonde Girl Out
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