My deepest apologies for not having had the time to blog about the Dead Sea! But, pictures are worth thousands of words, so please enjoy this photo tour of our last weekend excursion...
Our first stop was Madaba, a town in Jordan famous for its beautiful mosaics.
We continued along the yellow line painted onto the sidewalks and roads to be led to several historic religious sites, such as the beautiful church above. Next was the church where Saint John the Baptist was beheaded!!...
We also climbed the bell tower successfully, which was an extreme accomplishment and only a little horrifying!! Conquering fears, very exciting stuff. Once we all made it back to the ground alive, we headed to Mount Nebo, where Moses looked out over Israel and placed his staff beside a tree (or something along those general lines...there was some controversy over the details of Moses' staff holding).
After Mount Nebo, we headed to the Kempinski Hotel on the Dead Sea! Certainly the fanciest hotel we have stayed at...cold towels and free juice greeted us at the door. Complimentary baklava was in our hotel rooms. Slippers and the nicest robe yet made for an extremely peaceful stay. Not to mention the room service of more baklava and ice cream...living the life. It was perfect.
Once we returned from the Dead Sea, it was absolutely time to start studying for our final exams. This period of time consisted of several mental breakdowns, some self discovery and sure-fire bonding between the lot of us as we were all on the same inner descent into insanity. We also went to Waed's family home again, which was of course lovely. And despite us all thinking we failed our necessarily intense finals, we did grrrreat! And with exams over, we were forced to see that our time in Jordan was truly coming to an end.
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