Robert & Joy's Excellent Adventure Day 1: hospitality Jordanian style #Robert&Joy2019
We made it! Daddy & Joy have been reunited in Amman, Jordan! We begin our tour of the Holy Land in Tel Aviv officially on Sunday night, but we arrived safely to our hotel this evening two nights early for some down time before we meet our fellow travelers on Sunday at dinner. But this was only the second highlight of my day! To get on the same flight to Tel Aviv from Amman with Daddy, I had to catch the 5:35 flight out of Abu Dhabi and arrive in Jordan at 9 a.m. An 8-hour layover. Blech. But wait! It just so happens that I have a friend in Abu Dhabi from Amman that has college-age children whom I've recently met (we'll call them D and A). About 2 months ago they came to visit and we hit it off. So I messaged them earlier this week to tell them I'd be in town. D immediately invited me to her house during my layover. Her dad arranged for another son, G, to collect me from the airport. We all exchanged numbers and off I went. When I landed, I texted G ne...