Exploring the City

We are settling in well and were glad for this weekend to get out and explore the city. First stop was King Hussein Park. It was a big green spot on the busy city map, so we wanted to check it out. It was a really nice park up one of the hills and had great views of the city. Lots of walking paths and scootering/biking trails. We'll be back here for sure.

It has been a lot of fun to show my mom around, and for her to see our day-to-day life. She has been such a blessing to us, and we are so glad she is here helping us get settled. The boys are having a fun time with camp Grandma!

While exploring the park, we came across the Children's Museum! So we checked it out...

Lots of fun exhibits for the boys to play and imagine. We are excited this museum is relatively close to where we live.

And they had an outdoor play area too. It was a fun day!

The next day we went to the Citadel and Roman Ampitheater. It's amazing how much history is in this part of the world, old, old history dated back to 1700 BC! We are so excited to be able to explore these amazing places and that they are so close by. 

The Citadel has ruins from many prominent empires. The ruins of churches, temples, and mosques represents Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 

View of the city and Roman Amphitheater from the top of the Citadel.

Pretty amazing!

 

Next stop was the Amphitheater. Nathan and Caleb climbed to the top and my mom went most the way.

My turn to go to the top next.

Holy steep steps!

And is his true fashion, Benjamin made friends with our taxi driver :).

On the way home, we stopped for for delicious falafel and schwerma. It was a fun weekend, and we are looking forward to exploring something new next week.