This post is not from Jordan, but from the JFK airport in New York. Our flight from Salt Lake was good, as far as flights go (I really am not a fan of airplanes). I lucked out and got the emergancy aisle, along with another guy on my program, Josh. There were two of us for three seats, thus I got to curl up on two of them and lean my pillow against Josh. I actually slept for about an hour! This is rare, because I can never sleep on flights. (On my flight home from London, I was soooo tired, but could not fall asleep. Thus I played Sudoku for about 5 hours straight).
Our flight got in a half hour early, at 4:30 pm ET.... And our flight to Jordan doesn't leave until 11:30 pm........
Yeah, 7 hour lay-overs aren't very fun. But luckily there's free Wi-Fi, and I found a place to plug in my computer... So I can charge the iPod I bought... From a vending machine. Haha! How cool is that? Only in New York =] It's an 8G blue Nano. I likey. I decided that for a 12 hour flight, I want music.
The funny thing is, my friend Katie and I were discussing whether or not we'd be able to find an iPod in the airport. So imagine how hard we laughed when we got off our flight, turned the corner, and there in front of us was a vending machine... Full of iPods. It was a fantastically ironic moment.
Aaaaaand that's about it. The next time I update, it really will be from Jordan! Ahh!!!!!
30 April 2008
27 April 2008
انا حاروح الاردن في ثلاث ايام
"I go to Jordan in three days"--What the title of this post means in English
If you take a peek to the left, my "About Me" describes what and where my adventures will be. But I'll repeat it here, with a few added details:
This is a blog detailing my summer adventure. I begin in Jordan, doing an archaeological dig in Petra with BYU's Field School of Archaeology (I'm majoring in Near Eastern Archaeology). I'll be there for approximately 6 weeks, during which time we will excavate a series of shaft tombs and an open air shrine. It'll be fun, but a LOT of hard work.
After those grueling weeks of slave labor, I fly to Madrid to meet up with my friend Dane, and we're backpacking across Europe for the following month. Our route will take us from Spain to Morocco, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Rep., Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and finally ending back in Amman. I'll be back July 18th!
Due to the fact that I'll be living in a Bedouin village with no wireless, I'll only be able to update every week or so while in Jordan (the internet cafes in town will love us). As for the rest of the adventure, I have no idea how often I'll be able to update--Basically whenever circumstances allow (and thats about the same situation I'm in when it comes to showering and doing laundry). But when I do have time, you can expect many photos and eloquent passages describing the things I encounter (thus enabling many of you to live vicariously through me).
Good fun!
I can't believe I'm finally going. I've looked forward to this for over a year, and now it's here. I still need to get water bottles and socks and sunscreen and other little things, but I'm ready. I'm so ready.
If you take a peek to the left, my "About Me" describes what and where my adventures will be. But I'll repeat it here, with a few added details:
This is a blog detailing my summer adventure. I begin in Jordan, doing an archaeological dig in Petra with BYU's Field School of Archaeology (I'm majoring in Near Eastern Archaeology). I'll be there for approximately 6 weeks, during which time we will excavate a series of shaft tombs and an open air shrine. It'll be fun, but a LOT of hard work.
After those grueling weeks of slave labor, I fly to Madrid to meet up with my friend Dane, and we're backpacking across Europe for the following month. Our route will take us from Spain to Morocco, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Rep., Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and finally ending back in Amman. I'll be back July 18th!
Due to the fact that I'll be living in a Bedouin village with no wireless, I'll only be able to update every week or so while in Jordan (the internet cafes in town will love us). As for the rest of the adventure, I have no idea how often I'll be able to update--Basically whenever circumstances allow (and thats about the same situation I'm in when it comes to showering and doing laundry). But when I do have time, you can expect many photos and eloquent passages describing the things I encounter (thus enabling many of you to live vicariously through me).
Good fun!
I can't believe I'm finally going. I've looked forward to this for over a year, and now it's here. I still need to get water bottles and socks and sunscreen and other little things, but I'm ready. I'm so ready.
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