Last Saturday Mark, Steve and I went to Jerash, Jordan. It is a 40 minute drive northwest of Amman. It rose to prominence in 333BC (BEFORE CHRIST- now that’s OLD) during the reign of Alexander the Great! The town is filled with well preserved Greco/Roman Architecture. This is Hadrian's Arch.
There is a Hippodrome that has chariot races and exhibitions with gladiators. We went to the show and it was really fun. I had my camera going all the time. I had my telescopic lens on when I took this photo. Right after that, my camera lens cover slipped out of my hands and onto the field. Although the Roman's were warriors, one was nice enough to hand me my lens cover.
Steve took a picture of me and the old guy. Some of you may have heard that I was concerned that the dessert dry air was going to straighten my hair......I could NOT have been more wrong. The weather is NOT dry and my hair remains very curly!
There were several churches with mosaic tiles that were so beautiful. This picture of Steve, Mark and me is in front of the Temple of Artemis. The columns behind us move...yes MOVE! They were constructed to withstand the winds and if you put your fingers between the pieces of stone you can feel the gentle subtle movement of the large stones of the columns. It was really amazing.
The summer in Jerash offers a festival that I look forward to going to. Hopefully I will have my daughters here at that time to share in this marvelous history!
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