After all the anticipation I'm finally blogging from in my hotel room in Amman. I left my house at 11:30 am on Tuesday, Aug 21st and arrived here at 7pm on Wednesday, Aug 22nd after 20 some odd hours of flying. I do have to say having a first class international ticket is pretty sweet. The seating, the lounges, and the service were all fantastic.
I arrived at the airport to a man holding a sign who helped me through customs and I was off with a chauffeur, with no snags. I was met at the hotel by a very friendly man named Imad who helped me check in, gave me my cell phone, and told me to meet him in the lobby. After changing I met back up with him, Anthony, and Jeremy (two other actors from the film). We all went to Chinese with some other folks from production. As we drove I asked Imad what street we were going to and he explained that there are 8 circles here. People always just refer to what circle your destination is close to and then next to this, around the corner from that and the restaurant was in the middle of a very residential area. Glad I wasn't driving. Great food, honestly much like a Chinese restaurant in the States. Then we were off to Club Cube.
Upon arrival we had a hard time getting in but after many cell phone calls and texts we were granted entry. It was essentially an 80's club predominantly populated by teenagers. Very interesting set up, it looked a lot like a living room in someones house. Surprisingly, many of the kids spoke English to each other. Almost everyone here seems to speak English and all the signs seems to be in both English and Arabic. However, we ran into a girl named Leigh at the club who is here on a Fullbright and she said this is just the upper class showing off their wealth by speaking in English. I haven't been here long enough to make a judgment call. However, I will say I am surprised how many blonde haired blue eyed people there are here. We left the club around 4 am and I couldn't fall asleep until 5 am because it was merely 7pm my time in LA. Today I'm sure will be rough adjusting to the jet lag. As of now I have a costume fitting set up for today.
I arrived at the airport to a man holding a sign who helped me through customs and I was off with a chauffeur, with no snags. I was met at the hotel by a very friendly man named Imad who helped me check in, gave me my cell phone, and told me to meet him in the lobby. After changing I met back up with him, Anthony, and Jeremy (two other actors from the film). We all went to Chinese with some other folks from production. As we drove I asked Imad what street we were going to and he explained that there are 8 circles here. People always just refer to what circle your destination is close to and then next to this, around the corner from that and the restaurant was in the middle of a very residential area. Glad I wasn't driving. Great food, honestly much like a Chinese restaurant in the States. Then we were off to Club Cube.
Upon arrival we had a hard time getting in but after many cell phone calls and texts we were granted entry. It was essentially an 80's club predominantly populated by teenagers. Very interesting set up, it looked a lot like a living room in someones house. Surprisingly, many of the kids spoke English to each other. Almost everyone here seems to speak English and all the signs seems to be in both English and Arabic. However, we ran into a girl named Leigh at the club who is here on a Fullbright and she said this is just the upper class showing off their wealth by speaking in English. I haven't been here long enough to make a judgment call. However, I will say I am surprised how many blonde haired blue eyed people there are here. We left the club around 4 am and I couldn't fall asleep until 5 am because it was merely 7pm my time in LA. Today I'm sure will be rough adjusting to the jet lag. As of now I have a costume fitting set up for today.
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