From Israel to Jordan: Across the Border

Having my parents in Israel this past week has been incredible. It has been so nice getting to catch up with them, and fill them in on all of my Israel adventures. This past weekend, we went on an adventure of our own! It started off on Friday morning, with a 4:00 AM wakeup. By 4:45, we were headed down to Eilat, and a few hours later, we started to approach the Israel-Jordan border. Before I knew it, we were walking on Jordan territory. Jordan is literally across the street from Israel, but as we headed to Petra and Wadi Rum, I noticed all of the cultural differences. The language is different, the people are different, the geography is different. That's something that's really interesting to me. I think that we tend to judge other countries and cultures based on preconceptions that we may have of them, but you see a completely different side of things when you're actually there experiencing it for yourself. This is a perfect example of me being on EIE and living in Israel for four months. Everyone has their preconceived ideas of Israel, and the conflict going on here, but it's incredibly different to be living here and experiencing it myself.