Ok, so here we go! My name’s Olga, and I am a graduate from St. Petersburg State University. At the moment I am taking Arabic course at the University of Jordan in Amman, and it’s been a whole lot of fun ever since I arrived. I”ve been living in Jordan for a month now (in fact, yesterday was my first little anniversary here).
Life in Amman is much different from what I am used to back home in St. Petersburg. Firstly, it’s warmer, and I am still not freezing to death and can even wear my sandals, even though we’re way into October. Secondly, here I get so much attention from all the cars passing by that I feel like a little star every time I walk to the uni and back. It might get disturbing from time to time, but mostly I just learned to ignore those honking freaks. Thirdly, I eat so much hummus and muttaba and mansaf (these are all local kinds of food, very delicious) that I think soon I will turn into a fatty.
But I learned my way around. Now I can even take a bus by myself, and taking a taxi is just a piece of cake. I actually started to communicate with the guy in the little store close to our house where we buy water and some supplies. I made some really good friends here and I enev traveled to a couple of places outside Amman. So, I can actually say that I live here now, and I enjoy it greatly.
