For the first time we got to sleep in! We had no Amideast classes or meetings and were given the chance to explore our neighborhood. I ate breakfast with my host Mom as she explained that the house was now our house and to feel comfortable being there. After breakfast we met up with the two other YES students and their host sister to go to the Bird Gardens. Because we are all 16 years old the guard was not supposed to charge us, but we ended up paying 1 JD for the visit. The Bird Gardens were pretty, but also a little bit scary. In the middle there is a playground filled with young children and their parents. Around the playground are small enclosures with different "birds". One has ducks, the other has peacocks, There is a whole section dedicated to pigeons and then there is the monkey. Now if you have ever been to a zoo in America it's very sad to see animals in cages not living a life remotely close to what they would of had in the wild. The Bird Gardens monkey was the most disturbing, sad situation - the monkey was alone in a very small enclosure that has thick layer of trash on the bottom. He has a wooden swing, but you can clearly see how distressed it is. None of the Jordanians seemed to have an issue with it and the whole thing was just scary to look at.
After we abandoned the bird gardens we went to a store and grabbed some water. We then sat over on some steps and spent a good hour trying to flip water bottles to some song ( I still don't understand why flipping water bottles is now the coolest thing ever, but it is frustrating when you don't get it). We then walked around for a while and finally went home. We were supposed to start school so my roommate and I wanted to go out to get school supplies. We took a cab to Taj Mall. Taj Mall is giant compared to the Providence Place mall and is filled with stores around the worlds. We bought a ton of notebooks and I finally was able to buy milk. I have been searching for milk the last 4 days because I brought hot chocolate from pastiche to Amman and I really, really wanted to make it. I spent 1 JD on milk which is equivalent to $1.40 USD. We then decided to go and get something sweet- my roommate got Pinkberry but my choice was so much better. I found a Tollhouse cookie cafe that not only served Tollhouse cookies but also served frozen drinks inspired by different cookies. We then got a cab, were dropped off on the other side of our neighborhood, and walked for half an hour to get to our house. In Amman you do a lot of walking.
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