Jordan

Our trip to Jordan has come and gone! It was such an enjoyable trip. But I definitely wish we could have had more time. Four days was not enough. We spent the first night in Wadi Musa which was a pretty sketchy town. But surprisingly that hotel was much nicer than our next hotel in the capital, Amman. I really enjoyed exploring the streets in Wadi Musa! Though I certainly wouldn't have wanted to do it alone! I had no idea of what to expect in Jordan! So after seeing Wadi Musa I figured that how all of Jordan was. But once we drove into Amman I quickly changed my mind. Amman is a gorgeous city. It's clean, fancy buildings, classy, colorful, everything people love about big cities! It was probably one of the most impressive cities I've visited.

Our first day we visited Mt. Nebo, where Moses was shown the promised land. Then we went to Madaba. Then Monday was our big day that we spent in Petra! Petra was incredible. Once again, I had no idea what to expect and was shocked at how big Petra is. It spans throughout an entire sandstone canyon (that actually reminded me a lot of the Grand Canyon). We hiked around all day and still didn't see everything. Incredible temples, buildings and statues are carved into statues all through the canyon. I bought some fun jewelry from Bedouins that live in caves throughout the area and had fun taking pictures of all the camels until one tried to attack me! He scared me to death... I guess I got a little to close to him and no exaggeration- he almost bit my head off! I felt his breath on my cheek! Yikes.

After Petra we visited our third crusader castles! I love crusader castles! There are so many rooms and vaults to explore and walls and staircases to climb! And the view is beautiful. That afternoon and evening we cruised around Amman. I really, really enjoyed Amman. I was so impressed with Jordanians. I haven't been to too many places around the world to know but they seem like some of the most hospitable people. They seemed like really great people. We visited 2 different shopping malls. One of them was the biggest most beautiful mall I've ever seen. We got fancy chocolate covered dates and gelato. It was a really classy place. I didn't quite fit in with my sweaty Petra hair and dusty pants. We spent the rest of the evening just walking down the streets and we also went to the famous Hussein Mosque which was beautiful.

Our last day in Jordan we visited the King Abdullah Mosque. I was pretty wiped out at this point but I've enjoyed all of our mosque visits here. The ones we  have visited have been incredible buildings. I love all the symbolism and artwork. They're very peaceful places. We made our last stop to a Roman citadel and from the top of the hill that it was on we had a gorgeous view of downtown Amman. And also a view of the biggest flag in Jordan! You cannot miss it. It's ginormous. I'm quite easily ammused so i was really fascinated by that. I'll go home and forget about ancient ruins but I won't ever forget that big flag.
Our last day in Jordan we visited a