Jordan

Our trip to Jordan for Thanksgiving 2011 was an eventful one. We stayed 4 days three nights in Jordan and we mapped out our trip down to the letter. Thank you Paul for helping us see all we could while we were there.

We arrived in Amman, Jordan first stop Jesus Baptism, Bethany Jordan. Then we were off to the Dead Sea. Then to Petra and Finally back to Amman to see Jerash and Citadel. I love the fact we are continuing our Greek/Roman tour of ancient ruins.

At Jesus Baptism, I had know idea that it was so big and they even had real Baptisms there. Not to far from the real Baptism site. It felt so cool that we were just a fence away from Israel.

I never thought I would swim in the Dead Sea. It was cold, but you just had to get in and float. Seeing all the salt was something and the Dead Sea is really fertile they grow all kinds of things, but what was really interesting is they can grow bananas we saw all kinds of banana trees.

Petra was just breathe taking. The ancient city was two miles into the mountain. It was a long way down, but we could to see some amazing ruins. We even got to ride on a horse and buggy on the way back.

I loved the fact in Jerash that you could see so many ancient ruins. In Citadel we got to see my favorite Greek God's Temple of Hercules. We thought that the Temple of Hercules was in Jerash and I told Paul that it was in a different area and I remembered that town began with the letter C and we were on our way to the airport the next day. I said ask the people at the hotel and luckily Citadel was just a few minutes from the hotel. The hotel got us a cab and arraigned for us to see it before we left. We even got to see a Roman amphitheater on the way to the airport. I am so happy Paul arranged for us to see the Temple of Hercules. Do I have a great guy or what? He is always making sure I am happy. I am just over the moon with excitement that I got to see it.

We hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving we missed being with family and friends, but we had a wonderful trip to Jordan to make this Thanksgiving a one to remember.