between the lands

Jessica and Andrew’s travel journal

amman, jordan1

Posted by Jessica in JORDAN, FRANCE (November 7, 2006 at 5:06 pm)

JESSICA SEZ:
we arrived late last night in amman, on a flight from paris.

spent today wandering around downtown. hey! they speak arabic here! and they have a totally different alphabet!
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were like 2 lost kittens, but it’s pretty cool.

tomorrow : ancient city of petra

peace, yall!

ANDREW SEZ:

but first….at least some pics from Paris, oui?
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Paris reminded me of NYC in its pace–people crossing the streets whereever they want, as opposed to amsterdam, where they always cross at the crosswalk, and Florence, where they have to drive 1 mph to avoid running over tourists on narrow streets.
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Lots of great street life as well:
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we were eating a gormet feast by one of Frances best kept secrets–chef Tony, when a half-of-europe-wide blackout occured. So we had to eat our cheese in the dark.
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A special thanks to our esteemed host Salil! Au revior..until we return to europe in 3 weeks. CIMG6178 guy coming out of wall.jpg