The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

I recently got back from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan where we spent four days touring around. It was so neat to see, and I especially enjoyed Petra which is one of the new 7 wonders of the world. We went to Mount Nebo where Moses had a view of the Holy Land and there is a Byzantine Church there to mark the site. We went to St. George's Orthodox Church in Madaba where there is a beautiful mosaic map of the Holy Land dated back to the 6th century AD on the floor of the church. This map shows what is left of the mosaic. I really love mosaics and think that they are beautiful-I plan to have a mosaic floor in my house one day... That night we stayed in Petra at the Petra Palace which was fun. They had two pools and I was going to go swimming but we didn't have much time and they were pretty cold so most people decided not to go, that didn't keep people from pushing others in though...The next day we got to tour around Petra which was amazing. People said that Petra reminded them of Zions in Utah if that helps anyone picture it. There were parts of the road that date to Roman times-look for the chariot marks in the picture. We saw the treasury building which was amazing and where Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was filmed. Petra was wonderful and it was amazing to see magnificent things like the treasury and a monastery and caves that were used as homes. I can not really think of a good way to describe it, so I will just keep posting pictures as I get them and just think of wonderful things. Don't worry-there are more fun pictures to come!