Blogs from Middle East - page 1033

Moving on Jordanian time has dominated my mentality. Everything that is planned could easily change at absolutely any moment. It's a wonderful lesson in patience. The presentations have been good although the turn out has been questionable. Already we have much intrest in students here who want to start a branch of Amnesty International. Great! As long as we change one perspective we've made a difference. We've also met some incredible people. Last night we celebrated Jude (my Jordanian coyear)'s birthday at her house. Her mother made a traditional Jordanian sweet whose name I can't remember. It was made of orange cheese and cream cheese and combined savory and sweet in a weird way. It was very good though. Tomorrow we hopefully go to the dead sea. It hasn't been hot at all yet but ... read more

Not sure exactly how to do this...I had some help in this insane cyber cafe...it tookabout an hour and a half! yikes..he sized them down and still..it was a very lenghty process...not sure why they all seem to be on only one of the blog sites..but that is not my biggest concern right now...I have to be home soon for pick up service to the sand dunes of the middle east..apparantly a 4 x 4 picks us up and drops us off at night..not bad here...and with my maid service who always has these delicous meals ready..I am quite content and grateful for my blessings...it's really hot out again...quelle suprise....I just cant' bring myself to cover up with long sleeves and the sort..I think I am sick due to the a/c...I actually leave stores and go ... read more

Before starting about day 4, I forgot to add in the previous entry that we went to a small restaurant in Mardin, the capital of Kurdish area. The people there were extremely gentle and kind to us, the music was a blast and the food A LOT! hehehehehe I danced a lot, I didn't eat so much, but again, I danced like crazy, with all the girls (belly dancers we could be) Early in the morning we left the other dormitory where we spent the night for Mardin Museum. The weather was as sunny as during the last days, but still with the cool air of the night...still I couldn't spot any cloud on the sky. The streets of Mardin seemed tiny, but clean, cute, with crowded small buildings, lots of differently shaped shops. The ... read more

Geo: 38.6336, 34.9119Kate: The hotel in Cappadocia is fantastic. Mom and I shared a bed with a canopy in the honeymoon suite room. The idea of having a hotel in a cave is just brilliant. The manager is really nice. This morning during breakfast I saw and pet a kitty and called her Marmalade. She belongs to the neighbors next door. It's nice to have a kitty around again, if only for a short time. The food here would make Aunt June very happy. Yesterday we had this weird bread that looked like baklava but tasted like ravioli. We also had lamb and rice at dinner. I don't really like lamb. That was even before I knew it was lamb. I guess the idea of killing little tiny baby animals sickens me (Josh interjects with "baa"). ... read more

A bordo dı una motonave attraverso ıl Bosforo e approdo sulla sponda europea della cıtta': tutto attorno case a perdıta d'occhıo sı arrampıcano sulle collıne ma fortunatamente ıl centro storıco con le sue moschee, ı bazar e glı ostellı sı trova tutto concentrato ın un'area rıstretta ın posızıone prıvılegıata. Rısalendo apıedı dal molo dı Emınönü al quartıere dı Sultanahmet sı possono gıa' scorgere alcunı deı luoghı pıu' conoscıutı, tra cuı la Yenı Camıı (moschea nuova), la stazıone dı Sırkecı punto d'arrıvo dell'Orıent-express, ıl palazzo Topkapı sede del sultano, Hagıa Sophıa e la moschea blu. Dıetro quest'ultıma sı trova ıl ghetto deı backpackers, con grande scelta dı sıstemazıonı a basso costo, pub e localı notturnı che radunano gente proponendo allettantı danzatrıcı del ventre e musıca occıdentale ad altıssımo volume che vıene pero' bruscamente ınterrotta quando ıl ... read more