Monday, July 15, 2019

Back Home

The two weeks flew by! Jeff and Carmela took a southern trip and I stayed behind to finish the English sessions and to visit the Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T.). It was a busy last few days - Nina's sister, Samia, and some of her family stopped by to say hello, and I met Bader, one of Zain's brothers who will come to school in Chicago soon. We had a wonderful dinner at the Sweet Corner with Alaa, Captain Duaa, Lama, Rawan, Jocelyn, and Suad. It was a nice, low-key way to say goodbye. I will end here with pictures and a few captions, but I will have a longer post soon summarizing the trip :)


A princess showed up to bid us farewell


Almasa and Lean giving us some lovely presents :)





I left my military watch with Captain Duaa so she keeps a firm hand on the troops in my absence



The fist bump was the obligatory greeting and goodbye


Nina's sister Samia and family



Rana, Lana's sister escorted me out to J.U.S.T. for a wonderful visit


Mudheera Sughera 2


Fufu, Drs. Bataineh and Alzoubi at the International Relations Office


Selfi!


A big, sprawling, beautiful campus


Having tea with Bader



Back at the sweet corner with the gang


Our 5:30am taxi ditched us. A kind man brought Carmela a chair as we awaited rescue.


Our rescue vehicle was quite a bit smaller than we hoped, but we manged :)


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