So here is what I wrote while we were in the airport(s), other than that I think the emails have caught everyone up.
So I have decided it might be easiest for me to write my blog entries as I go, wherever I am, and then post them when I can. So here is the start of my trip:
I am currently in the JFK airport after our first flight. The tickets said the flight would be 5 hours but it was really 3 hours and 45 minutes. Not too bad, but still long. I napped, ate and watched almost all of the first season of The Office. I’m not sure why but apparently Delta no longer supplies free movies for entertainment. My hopes were up after being told that Confessions of a Shopaholic was available, but they were soon crushed when I learned it was $6. I hope that is not the case for our 11 hour flight to Amman. It is officially my first time in New York. I don’t know if it really counts, seeing that I am stuck in the airport, but I did see the skyline as we landed so I am counting it. Our layover is 5 hours. I have survived about 45 minutes and I am already bored. Everyone had stressed me out about when we landed here and trying to find our next gate, getting to the international terminal, re-going through security, swine flu precautions, etc. Let’s just say we got off the plane and literally walked 30 feet to our next gate. That was it. Well I think we are going to Chili’s for food later, a very eventful day.
We ate. We are back at our gate and I’m charging my computer, but I don’t really have anything to do on it so I’m entering stuff again. Right now there are people praying in the airport on their mats, kneeling and putting their heads on the ground. I’m not exactly sure what I’ve gotten myself into.
I am currently in the JFK airport after our first flight. The tickets said the flight would be 5 hours but it was really 3 hours and 45 minutes. Not too bad, but still long. I napped, ate and watched almost all of the first season of The Office. I’m not sure why but apparently Delta no longer supplies free movies for entertainment. My hopes were up after being told that Confessions of a Shopaholic was available, but they were soon crushed when I learned it was $6. I hope that is not the case for our 11 hour flight to Amman. It is officially my first time in New York. I don’t know if it really counts, seeing that I am stuck in the airport, but I did see the skyline as we landed so I am counting it. Our layover is 5 hours. I have survived about 45 minutes and I am already bored. Everyone had stressed me out about when we landed here and trying to find our next gate, getting to the international terminal, re-going through security, swine flu precautions, etc. Let’s just say we got off the plane and literally walked 30 feet to our next gate. That was it. Well I think we are going to Chili’s for food later, a very eventful day.
We ate. We are back at our gate and I’m charging my computer, but I don’t really have anything to do on it so I’m entering stuff again. Right now there are people praying in the airport on their mats, kneeling and putting their heads on the ground. I’m not exactly sure what I’ve gotten myself into.
And now ... pictures! (McDonads, a common fruit stand, our front room, our bath/shower room, the culture thing we saw, our menu at breakfast, and what Amman looks like) Sorry they are disorganized and not the best, but they are something.
YEAH!!! PICTURES!!!! Thank you, thank you! Post more when you can. Miss you.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Your pics are great. Yes, you have officially been to NY. I love the McD sign. Your living room is beautiful! The men's tap line is cool. It looks like they are together and their line is straight. You take fab pics. The city looks so monochromatic. What a wonderful cultural difference.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog. I love you.
Love, Mom