Eid Hob Saeeid

Eid Hob Saeeid! Happy Love Day from Jordan. In other words, nature abhors an advertising vacuum.

A full day of classes today, and so I left around 5 pm. The crazy was mijnoon – crazy – because we had to go by Sweifieh, a nice shopping district, absolutely packed because of the day. At several points, the taxi driver actually turned the vehicle off as we waited.

He had said that he knew how to get to my neighborhood, but he didn’t know exactly how to get to Jounia Circle. I told him he would turn right. Well, with the traffic, I had sat reading my notes, until we had come to the neighborhood. While I know my way very well in the area, I do need context, something a bit more than blank limestone apartments. He asked if he should turn right; I said, no, go staright, thinking that he would come to the end of the street. I think, however, we had already gone too far (and besides, the meter was already more than I normally paid, thanks to the traffic); by this time, though, the traffic had stopped so I told him I could walk from there. Getting out, I saw the green lights from the nearby mosque and made my way home.