So here pics from the trip around last weekend to the castle and such. This week has been very school focused. I have a test tomorrow in arabic class! It will be my first! [View Full Entry]

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So we did a lot of traveling yesterday. We started off in Irbid and went all the way to the northern border to the point we could see Syria. However, we didnt go up into Syria, which was prob a good thing but still was kinda sad since one more country to have to come back to visit. Anyways, we say a lot of Roman Ruins up there and got to look towards lake Tiberius (i think). I kinda forget all the names of the places but it was where Jesus took demons out off ppl and put them into pigs. [View Full Entry]

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So I thought I may tell some more about the class I am currently taking. It is an intensive arabic language class taught my a native arabic speaker. Here is the link to the university's website: http://portal.yu.edu.jo/ So we are in class from about 8:3--3pm. We then have homework afterwards that can take awhile to do. The classes through the day are broken up between reading, writing, listening, speaking, and colloquial classes, which focus on the local dialect (particularly city of Irbid style). The listen classes consist of sitting and listen to recorded arabic stories from old news clips [View Full Entry]

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So it has been a while since Ive checked in about my travel. There isnt internet in the apartment. I instead walk up to Univ. Street, which has the most internet cafes in the world. So I am a bit lazy about all of that. Anyways, So far this week I have gone to a nice family style dinner with some locals we met at a coffee shop. I upload some pics from the dinner. It was very nice dinner of home made and grown food. It is surprising how nice people are here to you. They are all very friendly. [View Full Entry]

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So I have moved into my room and such now in Irbid here. The apartment is pretty cool. It is four bedroom and 3 bathroom with a dinning room, famli rm, kitchen and patio area. Ive tried uploading some pics to see if they work. I had my first class today for Arabic. It was pretty intense. After 6 weeks, I should be midly conversational and such in Arabic. We are taking writing, listening, conversational, colloquial and reading classes. They are pretty cool. Tonight, we are heading to a concert here at the Univ of a poet/singer. [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone. As I am getting ready for my trip, I thought I would put up a blog for everyone. This makes for a nice central area for communication and such. You will be able to see pics and such of the trip along with daily ideas/thoughts/notes. I bought my power adaptors today! I still need to pack the cloths. I also need to get $$ but will just do that at the airport. Well, I’m off now to get some other last min items. Jon [View Full Entry]

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