First and Second Dig Days.

Yesterday we oped our trenches. I forgot how dirty you get especially on the first day because the top soil is loose and dusty. We are working with almost all the same people again. I get to work with Audah again who is awesome. He really takes care of me, makes me wear a hat, brings me treats at break, and yells at me when I itch my mosquito bites. Today we were in the field again. We had a shortened work day because normally today is the weekend and is the day they have special prayer services. Everything is going really well. I am feeling great and the food is wonderful,We are all having a lot of fun and the group has really gotten close. This weekend we go to Jeresh and Amman.

We have arrived!

Well we finally got to the house about 11:30 local time. We were all too tired to do anything last night. Most of the group is now here although a few will arrive this weekend. We had a very long last leg of the trip but we somehow made it. Today we will be taking a tour of the site and taking it easy as we all adjust to the time change. We will get all the work set up from an administrative perspective and then tomorrow the real work begins.

Paris!

We have landed in Paris. After a long very cramped 8 hour flight we are about half way to the site. It is noon here and we don't get in Amman until 8:15 local time. I am having a great time with the others on the trip. Weird coincidence on my last flight I sat next to a girl from Penn State who is going to Egypt for an archaeology field season. I am still feeling great though running on only a couple hours of interrupted sleep. I will update when we get to our house.

Hello everyone!

Well I am traveling back to Jordan. Today will be a long day of traveling, we fly into Detroit then Paris then finally Amman. With all the time changes we will land on Tuesday at 8:15 Jordan time. I will update again when we land and get to our house.