Outlasting Covid-19: a Jordan journal-8
Day 19: Under control and innovating… Many of you expressed such a heartwarming concern about us after our last journal post. Rest assured we are fine and apparently Jordan is even finer, flying high like…
Outlasting Covid-19: a Jordan journal-7
Day 17 of Jordan lockdown: Wait and worry... Should we be worried? We’ve been very pleased about our situation in Jordan. Much as we would prefer to be a few other places, we recognize we…
Outlasting Covid-19: a Jordan journal-6
Day 13 of Jordan lockdown: Decline and flee Today we celebrated some good news with a nice long walk, a tiny bit of shopping (lemon, chilis, labaneh, hair color) and amiably competitive battles of backgammon…
Outlasting Covid-19: a Jordan journal-5
Day 10 – 12 of Jordan lockdown: Produce and Progress Today’s a blustery day (Day 12 of lockdown, Wednesday 1 April, 2020) so we will probably not spend our usual deck time with backgammon and…
Outlasting Covid-19: a Jordan journal-4
Day 9 of Jordan lockdown: Spirits raised and acquired… We stayed up late last night in conversations back to the US, so we headed outside a bit later than usual today. Nonetheless, we enjoyed playing…
Outlasting Covid-19: a Jordan journal-3
Day 7 & 8 of lockdown: The routine and the effect of irresponsibility Day 8 It seemed to us that the government here was doing a good job on covid-19, but it’s now semi-official as…
Outlasting Covid-19: a Jordan journal-2
Day 5 and 6: A little bit of freedom... In the evening of Day 4 of the Jordan lockdown, we learned that we would be given a test reprieve the next day. The original plan…
Outlasting Covid-19: a Jordan journal-1
Day 4 of lockdown - Adjustments and some history... We’ve been fascinated by the narratives of friends around the globe as they deal with Covid-19, and many have asked about us. We usually stick with…
Gateway to recycling center
The heart of the Eritrea
The highland capital of Asmara is both the center of the country and its largest city - as well as a UNESCO World Heritage site due to how well preserved is the Italian colonial heritage…
Rembrandt as an apostle
Dutch Treats: Rembrandt and Jackman
Beyond walking and boating around Amsterdam, we dived into several museums, including the Rijksmuseum and the splendid van Gogh collection. And for something completely different, a stellar performance by Hugh Jackman at the city’s Ziggo…