LAST DAY IN AMMAN

Last Day Amman: 

We have all day here as our flight leaves tomorrow at 0220. We have arranged a for a car and driver to take us on a city tour and then to the airport starting at 1300. 

We have a very very leisurely breakfast at the hotel. The highlight of the breakfast is the waffle, very malty in flavor sprinkled with cinnamon, cocoa powder, and sugar. We retired to our room and caught up on publishing a few blog entries. We are a bit behind on the publishing due to slow or no Internet on this trip. 

The Driver Jacob meets us a bit before 1300 and suggests we go the the Jordan Museum. This is very well done and it takes one through the history of Jordan from the neolithic days to the near present. Excellent displays which are well done. For us the highlight was seeing some of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 

There was also a temporary exhibit of photographs from the Arab Revolt in 1918. These were really interesting as they gave one a feel for the events of the Revolt. We met four Muslim girls from Malaysia and chatted with for a short time. They are in Amman attending university. 

We next went to the Roman Theater. This is a large outdoor theater in Classic Roman style of high steep seating. On one side of the stage area is a Folklore Museum and on the other side was a Museum of Popular Tradition. Each of these were interesting as they both highlighted the lifestyles of days gone. There was a section of many mosaics from Madaba. Sadly no photos were allowed. 

We next made our way to the Citadel perched high upon one of the Seven Hills of Amman. Here there is a Museum of Archeology with many items on display by time period. The signage could use a bit of an update. 

Outside there is the Temple of Hercules, a Mosque, a Byzantine Church, an Agora and many other ruins. From here there are excellent views of the city.  It is an understatement to say Amman is a big city, as it sprawls as for as the eye can see. 

I offer to buy Jacob a sharwmah  if he wished to make a stop. He said he knew of a good place and stopped for take away. Lynn and Jacob had chicken and I had meat. They were yummy. 

Jacob then dives us to the airport and we are way early so we ate our shwarmah and watched the world go by.