University of Jordan and Orientation

Since I have easy access to the internet, I thought that I would write again.  Today we spent most of the day at the CIEE office and at the University.  It was nice to see the office, and it seems like a place where I will be able to spend a lot of time to do work and stuff.  It was a little intimidating when we had a crash course in how to hail/communicate during a taxi ride in the Jordanian dialect.  It was mostly intimidating not only because I had no idea what to say, but also because I have never really had to take cabs on my own.  I will be staying with another girl, so first the first week or so we are planning on riding into school together. 

I also found a couple other people who are in my area studies courses, so that will be really nice.  We are starting to talk about travel plans, and other people also want to travel a lot within Jordan, so maybe weekend trips.   Also, no one really wants to travel on their own over spring break, so I will definitely have someone to accompany me.

The facilities in the hotel and in my home stay are quite similar to the one’s at home, which is quite a relief.  Though I did encounter a squatty potty, which is very prevalent on campus, and I have come to the conclusion that I will walk across the street the use the facilities in the CIEE office.

So far here everything is going well, things are slowly falling in to place, and I’m sure that after a week or so of classes that things will start to feel like a regular semester.  Oh, there are also palm trees outside my hotel window, which is pretty neat.  Though, the weather here has been pretty chilly.  I’m hoping that it will warm up soon, though I am sure that once that happens, I’ll be wishing it was cool again!