This afternoon, I got a call from Mom (W.) that they had made it back to New York. They had some flight craziness with rescheduled flights and customs and luggage but they are home now. It was a good and busy week - here is the itinerary for those of you considering your own Jordan-Israel adventures.
Wednesday - arrive - eat shwarma, walk around Amman's new pedestrian zone
Thursday - Jerusalem - Western Wall, Old City, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Israel Museum to see the Dead Sea Scrolls and a model of the Second Temple which apparently used to decorate the lobby of a hotel
Friday - drive to Masada - site of a siege between Jews and Roman troops. The remains of the fort (built by Herod) are on the top of a mountain with beautiful views of the desert and the Dead Sea. Spend the night in Tel Aviv mostly so Mom and Dad can see the Mediterranean and we all can go see Golden Compass which was disappointing. Maybe whenever you LOVE, LOVE, LOVE a book you will find the movie disappointing, if I remember correctly I also didn't like the play-version in London nearly as much as the book either even though the puppet-daemons were cool.
Saturday- back to Jordan to see Baptism site on the River Jordan and a quiet evening at home eating Indian take-out.
Sunday - Mom and Dad get a driver to take them to Petra where they ride donkeys and eat ice cream.
Monday - Mom, Dad and Duffy head up to Jerash for the gladiator show and to walk around the Roman town. We then have a crazy drive around the city after missing a turn on the way home. That night we head to a friend's book signing party and go see Amman's best ruin, a Roman ampitheatre. Then we have a crazy drive around the city after missing a turn. I (Duffy) would like to note that my missed turn resulted in a 2 mile detour and Dan's missed turn got us nearly to Jerusalem (or so it seemed).
We have some great Masada pictures that we'll get posted.
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glad mom and dad had a good time. hope I can make the same trip soon. Not sure Cathy will let me... and she doesn't think dragging the kids along will be a good idea.
Jordanians however love children and indulge them terrifically - often talking to, picking up and kissing them - even if they are kids they hardly know. Last night at the wedding the kids spent a lot of the evening delivering and/or shredding flowers from the displays.
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