So I went to Amman in April, I was looking forward to it, specially that it’s been 2 years since I last visited it.
I had so many plans, I wanted to meet many friends and bloggers, and things went greatly for the first week or so. Afterwards unpleasant surprises came up and for personal reasons, our plans didn’t go on as we wished.
I managed to meet only few friends in the 1st week, so here I am apologizing for not being able to make it and meet up with other friends and bloggers I truly wished I could meet.

Being away for 2 years, my last visit seemed as if it was the first ever to Jordan. I was missing it and missing my family so much, and with a new member in the family (my son Adam) exploring Amman has never been greater. It was like seeing it with a new pair of eyes… like falling in love with it all over again

Again, Amman is blooming, with more and more buildings and investment sights; more cars (somehow less than 2 years earlier but the city is still crazily crowded); more yummy places to eat (explains the noticeable weight problem among the population, not that I’m against fat people, in fact I believe looks and weight have nothing to do with the quality of the person); remarkable decrease in Iraqis and Egyptians (more Asians and Indians on the other hand); less green all over the capital, and finally, unfortunately the level of cleanliness has dropped drastically (maybe because Amman is really crowded now, don’t know!).
It has to be said that Amman has become insanely expensive, and almost all people I met and heard of, regardless of their positions in society, were all complaining about the financial situation in the country. Not to mention many of my bright friends, who are suffering from unemployment for a long time.

On a brighter note, weather was perfect, we bought loads of books, and well, I ate like crazy. Really, I didn’t have the courage to weigh myself in Amman, and I was expecting a disaster on the scale when I came to Tunis, but it turned out I only put on a couple of kilos! Phew! I’m positive that without all the running after Adam and taking care of him I’d be looking like a whale… yeah, it was that bad, I ate like a pig!
But thanks to Adam, who needs feeding, bathing, changing, calming, entertaining, putting to sleep, and who also decided to get sick, and wanted to have his first tooth in the midst of my visit, the crazy eating wasn’t lethal after all!
Even Adam’s appetite was great, he ate a lot better than ever, I guess even babies have vacation moods!

This last visit would’ve been a perfect one, if we were spared the unpleasant surprises, and if I got to meet my other sis and my 2 brothers who were in Canada and couldn’t make it! I miss them sooooooooooo much!