First Post

Well, I finally found some internet, but it is slow so I'm not going to bother with any pictures on this one. The plane flight was long, and flying against timezones meant that we arrived in Italy in the morning, not having slept and facing then a full day. The airline gave us a bit of a runaround and we actually left the airport as delta had moved to another terminal and got our passports stamped, meaning I can officially say I've been to Italy. From there we went on to Jordan, and upon landing found our state-side arabic professor, who had connections with airport security allowing us to bypass customs and security. One girl, Mary, had her flight delayed, but the Amman airport reported the flight cancled, so she arrived after we all left, and ended up spending the night with a random Palestinian family she met at the airport! It's better when she tells the story, so I'll link to her blog once she publishes a post about it (all of us made one of these, so if someone has something interesting I'll link it). Our apartments are nice enough, given the price and location in relation to the university. Actually dowh the road from us are a few american fast food chains that cater to the international students here, but we have been told by Saleh (our professor) that we are not allowed to eat at those places. The food here is all really good though, so that's not an issue. The second day here we got enrolled at the university, tuition was about $650 dollars (500 dinars) which is pretty awesome compared to American university costs. The apartment is only 200 dinar ($260 american) each month. My roomate is Alex Bluebond, who's blog I'll link to once he puts something interesting on it. Today we also went to a mall (there are two in Amman), tried to talk with our taxi drivers, and met a few of the other international students that we will be taking classes with.



That's all I can think to write for now... If anyone leaves a comment/question I can answer them next time I get online.