Jordan day 2

Today Omar picked me up from my hotel and took me to see the Roman Theater. This is a huge piece of Jordanian history and this theater is beautiful and ancient. There is a museum attached to theater that displays pieces of clothing and jewelry that was worn in different times and also some artwork. It was a very beautiful place.

After we toured the theater, we walked around old downtown Amman. There are shops and people everywhere. It was very exciting!

After this, Omar took me to his home, where I will now be staying the remainder of my trip. I met his mom. She is so beautiful and so sweet. She welcomed me into her home and had everything ready for me including a fabulous lunch of rice with almonds, lamb, chicken and a yogurt sauce that was again, DELICOUS!!

I settled into my room and then sat around talking with Omar and his mom while the rest of the family arrived. Omar has a terrific family. They are all very happy and so kind.

After I met everyone and the sun had set, Omar decided to take me to Rainbow St. It is Amman's version of uptown. Many fun shops, cafe's, book stores. We walked awhile, checked out books stores and then I had arabic ice cream. It is made with milk, vanilla and pistachios. YUMMY! We then went and picked up Omar's friend Ayed and the 2 of them showed me all around Amman. Rich parts with mansions, not so rich parts. It was great. We then stopped to have dinner. Omar suggested I try Shewerma. I call it the Jordanese (yes I know that's not really a word . . . ) but it is pit bread with lamb, a special kind of herb sauce, tomato, onion and its rolled tight like a taco. As with all the food I have tried to this point. DELICOUS! After that we dropped of Ayed and headed home. By this time it was midnight and I was ready to crash.