Umm Qais
Today Mahmoud and his brother Kalis picked me up after they went to mosque and we went home to Rabad's great mensaf with chicken. Yum. Then the car was loaded up and we headed off to Umm Qais which was an unexpected treat. It's an ancient city, Biblical even, and the coolest part is looking out and seeing Israel just a little ways away and Syria in the other direction. It's the Golan Heights, and that is just so incredibly cool - to see these places that I've heard about all my life! Wow!!
So, I'm here to upload photos ... but it's taking like 2 minutes per picture at least, and I have almost 300 pictures. Yikes. So, slowly but surely they'll show up on http://meewt.shutterfly.com and I'll then add captions and such.
So, I'm here to upload photos ... but it's taking like 2 minutes per picture at least, and I have almost 300 pictures. Yikes. So, slowly but surely they'll show up on http://meewt.shutterfly.com and I'll then add captions and such.
posted by NOLA at 10:17 AM
1 Comments:
Glad you're having such an exotic time! Sounds wonderful and I am really enjoying the vicarious adventure. My life isn't nearly as exciting, though I was at the Alamo yesterday. Joe and I were in San Antonio on business and had to fly back early this morning in order to escape the fall-out from Hurricane Rita. (Some people were already bedding down on the airport floor.)I would happily have traded my short adventure for a glimpse of the Golan Heights!
When I picture you in Jordan I se you all veiled up, shadowy in Alhambra-type doorways, slipping silently into forbidden mosques, and flirting with some swarthy hero in the marketplace. So don't tell me if you're shopping in some building that resembles a Ralphs.
Roberta
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