Week One completed

Greetings from Madaba.

I thought I'd start a blog to ramble on about the inane happenings in my life for the next 6 weeks here in Madaba, Jordan. Madaba is located about 40 minutes outside of the capital of Amman. There are about 20 students and 5 or 6 staff members, most of whom are students at UofT or recent graduates. We spent the first few days aclamating to the time difference. After resting Monday due to an inability to get a digging permit, we delved into digging on Tuesday....sort of.

Turns out archaeology isn't so glamerous. Tuesday and Wednesday 5 30 - 12 30 were spent moving piles of rocks. Lots and lots of rocks. Today we got to dig in a little more. I even found some pottery and bone fragments on the surface where dirt had accumulated since last digging season. Really though, we were just preparing for next week whe we really start.

Friday is off and then Saturday we head off to visit Amman.

Hopefully further updates will be a little more exciting and a little less rambling on about every activity i do. If you want to hear about my tooth brushing technique, however, let me know.

I miss you all!