JORDAN!!

           

          After a truly great (almost) two weeks back home... I have arrived in Irbid, Jordan.  I am loving it so far.  It is very different than my Morocco experience in a number of ways- the most significant being that I am with 9 people who I know very well and like a lot, so it is really fun & comfortable.  I am going to be learning a LOT of Arabic (~4 hours a day) AND there is no French anything here, so it is way easier to insist on speaking Arabic.  Also- Waed & Muhammad are AMAZING.  They are like our parents, and are with us a lot, so they are teaching us a lot of cultural things while we "hang out".  

           We do not have wifi in our rooms yet, so I am limited to cafés until next week.  I don't mind though.  I am not really missing the internet here, which was not the case in Morocco (if you remember my endless trips to Inui...lol).  

            I foresee less blog posts this summer than last semester.  I haven't been very motivated to write long posts because I have been hanging out with the group, but I will try to keep it up as much as possible!!!  

Also- I should have posted this a long time ago, but this is our program schedule...! A lot of trips, and a double wedding !!!!!

Connecticut College-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program 

2012 Summer Calendar 

Classes at Yarmouk University are held Sunday through Thursday. Friday and Saturday are official Yarmouk University holidays (weekends). Students will be studying four hours daily, both Media Arabic and the Jordanian Dialect. 

Sunday, May 27

     8:30-10:00 am Irbid and Yarmouk Campus Orientation- ID cards 

     11:00-12:30 Written Test 

     12:00-1.00 Oral Interviews 

Monday, May 28 Classes begin 

First week of classes Dinner, Univ. Street 

June 1 Trip to Ajlun, Jerash, Um Qays 

Jun 8 & 9 Jordanian Ta’lileh and Wedding Party-al-Sarih-Irbid 

Jun 14-15 2-day trip Petra, Aqaba, Wadi Rum 

Jun 22 Trip to the Dead Sea 

Jun 23 Shopping day- Irbid 

Jun 30 Trip to Amman 

July 05 Final Exam 

July 07 10:00 a.m. Graduation Ceremony 

July 08 Free day. Prepare for departure 

July 09 Depart to USA(Actually- Marrakech, Morocco) at 7 a.m