Two days in Amman

I spend some time in the office. I get directions to downtown and the names of a few restaurants. Amman is built on several hills. So there is up and down no matter where you go. In this case I walk down a fairly steep hill take a right, left and another right. I get to a garage and enter it on the tenth floor. I take the elevator to the first floor and I am downtown. A short walk and I am at the Kuds restaurant. I go in. Service is slow. One of the specials is chicken biryani. But they are out of it. The second special is mansif. I ask the waiter what is mansif. He says it's rice and meat. I think it sounds like biryani. It's not. You get a big flat bowl of rice with a piece of meat on top of it. Condiments include fresh hot pepers ,Olives, bread and some kind of white sauce. The one at the restaurant was not that good. After dinner I explore a bit of downtown. I end up at Habiba, a pastry shop. Not the one near the Kuds restaurant but the other one. I was specifically instructed to go to the other oneguidet a couple of pastries. They are very good. I am pretty tired so I head back.
It's Tuesday and the suggestion for today is to visit the Citadel and rainbow street. After the same elevator routine as yesterday I take a left and head up a long steep hill. I am climbing Citadel mountain. I get there around 3:35. It is closed. There are great views of Amman from here, probably better from inside the Citadel. I decide to go back to town. Going downhill is not that bad. I am a bit tired so I walk around a bit and decide to go to Hisham for some falafel sandwiches. Apparently this place is famous. The sandwiches are pretty good. Back at the B&B. I generally don't like B&B but this is very nice and the people running it are nice. Highly recommend it. Tomorrow I am headed back to Feynan.
It's Wednesday afternoon and I am back in Feynan. The Amman office staff are here and we are all invited to dinner with one of the bedou families. I go to the sunset hike and on the way back the guide tells me to go to his family's tent. The Amman staff is already there. As I sit down the youngest son brings a pot of coffee and pours me a shot. I drink it, but he is still standing there. I give him the cup back and he poor's me another cup. I figure there is a protocol to indicate I've had enough. I ask the Amman staff. They find this amusing and tell that I need I need to move the cup - it's like a "hang ten" signal with the cup. After the second cup I do that and it works. Folks talk about many things. Dinner is served. A large plate of mansif. After the goodbyes we leave for the lodge.