Back in Jerusalem!

Well, I'm back in Jerusalem after a long four days. I had a great time in Jordan and saw a lot. I will post the previous days soon, but for now I will start with today. (Left - inside the King Abdullah Mosque). This morning, we woke up and checked out of our hotel. Our first stop was the King Abdullah Mosque, the second largest mosque in Jordan. It was really pretty. I had to wear a black dress and my blue scarf that I brought. It was really interesting. After the mosque, we went to the citadel. (Right - the outside of the King Abdullah Mosque). There is where the ancient city of Amman was located. We saw the old reconstructed walls, a reconstructed palace, as well as ruins. One of the ruins was a temple of Hercules. That was really interesting and we also had a great view of the Amman. At the citadel is also an archaeological museum. We saw Roman statues, coins, figures, and also a portion of the dead sea scrolls known as the copper scrolls. That was really cool.
Next we drove through the modern part of Amman. We got to see the American Embassy which is a gorgeous building. (Left - the temple of Hercules at the citadel). We weren't allowed to take pictures of it, though. I tried to find a picture of it online, but the only one I could find is on the American Embassy-Amman website and is so tiny that it doesn't do the building justice. But, if you want to take a look, go here.
Our final stop for the day was the border crossing back into Israel. Unfortunately, we didn't get any stamps from Jordan. I was disappointed. But, I still had a great time. I hope to go back some day. I don't know when, but I really enjoyed it. I didn't buy many souvenirs, but there wasn't too much else I would have bought if I had had more time.
Tomorrow I am going to Eilat for snorkeling. I am realyl excited for that! It should be nice before cram time for finals. We have finals for most of our classes within the next couple of weeks. The only class we won't have a final for is our Ancient Near Eastern Studies class. After finals, we will begin New Testament and then we will only have the two classes for the rest of the semester. That should be really nice.