I'm here!!!

OK, since I don't blog ever like I promise...you might be wondering where "here" is exactly. Because last time I blogged, I believe I told you about several upcoming travels. Well, the Hillmans (Lee, Nicolas and I) went to Jamaica the week before last...went to Green Bay (go Packers!!!) this past weekend...and today, I have arrived in the Holy Lands (not Lambeau Field:-).
I flew out of Chicago yesterday morning and met up with the rest of the group taking the tour in New York City. From there, we flew out at 8:40pm last night and arrived in Amman, Jordan today around 2:30pm. The flight was rather bumpy, but went by really quickly. There were lots of things to do on the plane...from your 2x2 seat space, of course. But seriously, they had a great selection of movies, TV shows, games and music that you accessed individually from your seat, so it really did go by rather quick.
Once we got here, we had to go thru Immigration and get our bags. About 1 1/2 hours later, we were leaving on a big tour bus (I think there are about 50 of us). We have a guide, Ramsey, who is giving us details about Jordan as we travel over the next couple of days. Today, we drove from Jordan to Tibet...about a 3 hour bus ride. Tomorrow morning we will go to Petra.
So, working off very little sleep here...and Davenda, my roomie for the next 10 days is already back at the room (it's 9:30pm here...but we haven't really slept since Sunday night) so I don't want to stay out late. But I will definitely try to keep blogging each day to keep you posted on what's going on over here.
After we got to the hotel and checked in our rooms (not a typical hotel, but a former village of homes that each home is a room...really cool...pics later) we had dinner, which was very different but really good. Then we had the privilege of listening as Dr. Tuttle gave us about a 1/2 hour intro to what Petra is about. We will be getting up and going at 6am, as there are other tour groups here too and we want to 'beat the crowd':-)
So, stay tuned...
Love,
Angel