first class and australian beef

Today we all had our first Arabic class. It was a little bit overwhelming. Almost everything was in Arabic...but we were warned that that was the first and only class that they would use English. Our classes run from 9:00-10:40 then we have a coffee break, then a second class from 11:00 til 12:40. The teacher of our first class is Dr. Mathan and the teacher of our second class is Nizaar. They are both really good teachers. Very, very enthusiastic! We have homework already, but we have a week to do it because it is the Eid ul azha holiday all next week. So we had one class today and our next class won’t be til Sunday next week. Which sucks a little because we all just want to get stuck into the holiday. But we have a few cultural excursions planned for the Eid holiday.

I met my Jordanian facebook friend today! Jomana came and found me after class today at the language centre, but unfortunately we couldn’t talk long because Hakeem needed to talk to us about something. But I’m hoping to catch up with her again soon. Oh and we found out today that we get Language buddies. They are university students who volunteer to help us with Arabic and showing us around Amman and the university. In return we help them practice English. So it will be good to meet my buddy next week.

At the moment I’m having trouble getting logged onto the university internet, so I’m relying on picking up wireless connections in my apartment or going to the internet cafe.

Anyway here are some photos of our tour of the university...






Today Elle and I went to a butcher to get some red meat. And guess what???? It was all australian beef and australian lamb! How ironic would it be if some of the lamb just happened to be Grandpa’s??? Un-likely, but you never know! So we bought just over a kilo of PREMIUM quality beef!!! Dad and Dale, you would be very jealous! So it cost us around 8JD, which is around $20 Australian. I don’t know what you would pay for it at home, but we got 5 thick pieces of amazing beef!

So I just cooked dinner! Yep, Australian Beef marinated in soy sauce, mixed spices and olive oil, potatoes and vegies! (and only a pinch of salt James! Haha) I was pretty proud of myself. We would have liked to have eaten the steak medium rare, but I wasn’t gonna risk getting sick, so it had to be close to well done, but it still tasted great. It wasn’t as good as Anisa’s cooking last night, but she told me it was very delicious and she wanted the recipe!


Love carly