germany to amman

Touchdown Frankfurt. This stop involved a 10 hour layover and fortunately we were treated an airport hotel room where we could shower & relax. It was really difficult not to sleep the entire time.

{massive 747}

{view from our room in frankfurt}

{hotel restaurant}

{delicious trout}

{german trees}

{dizzy return to the airport}

{four hours later-- amman!}

At about 2:00am, we arrived to a very warm welcome in Amman. Many Peace Corps Jordan staff & volunteers were there to greet us. We could not believe we were actually in the Middle East!

Besides one of Dave’s bags not showing up, everything went very smoothly for the entire group. We were allowed to take one of our two big bags, and then a man & a young boy loaded up the other bags & took a truckload ahead to our center training site. We meet at the center for 2 days/one night a week, for most of our pre-service training period. 

{warm welcome & name tags}

{anne with sultan- peace corps jordan staff, holding pc logo}

{dave before realizing one of his bags was missing}

We could not believe we were actually here and could not get to sleep until after the dawn call to prayer-which was something neither of us had ever heard before. It was beautiful and sounded like it was coming from at least a few of the nearby mosques.

{snacks and info}

{hurrah for the western toilet!}

about the bidet...