Israel & Jordan 2023: First Night in Amman

Movenpick is our home for the last two nights of this wonderful trip. We arrived around 6 pm and a bit of wait for the tour manager to get all our room keys.

Waiting in the lobby for our room keys. Afterwards we were on our own the rest of the evening.

Knowing full well how my husband's brain works, I knew that we would not be eating in the hotel nor would we be resting. Besides, I was also itching to see what's in the neighborhood, although I was a bit apprehensive about our safety.

We set out on foot and had lucked out when a few yards away we stumbled upon the first food truck park in Amman.

A very nice food truck serving burgers.

We went around the food truck park and saw few people patronizing the establishments there. I suppose being the first of this kind it would take some time for the citizens to warm up to it. We left the park on the other side of the block and decided to walk the length of the main road for just sightseeing and also to scout for place to get dinner.

The tour manager jokingly said to us that we will be passing by the American Embassy on the way to the hotel, then pointed to the Golden Arches.

A mother and daughter duo in our tour group were also out walking when they pointed to Hardee's, which was not available to us in California. I believe what we have is Carl's Jr.

There were few poeple walking and we felt very safe.

And then, we reached the sweet shop, two of them, near each other. One of these shops was where the tour director bought the sesame cookies that he shared with us. They also sell baklava and other sweets aside from the cookies. We asked permission to photograph them.

These are the well-loved sesame cookies, thin, crunchy, covered in sesame seeds and highly addictive.

Shot from the overhead pedestrian bridge.

On the other side of the road, we met a familiar facade.

Behind these flowers are the two sweet shops.

We entered a small grocery store due to curiosity.

Spices.

Jellies and marmalades.

Curious, but did not try this.

We ended up getting a local fastfood shop that sells shawerma, etc.

In regards to safety, we found the places we visited in Jordan very safe. I'm just naturally a nervous person, hence I'm always wary at the start, but then I realized my anxiety had no basis.