In 2007, I packed up a (large and over-flowing) bag, hopped on a plane, and moved to Amman, Jordan for my junior year of college abroad. It was, for about a thousand reasons, a year that completely changed my life.
Anyone who has spent a day with me—maybe even just an hour—will acknowledge that I talk about my time in Jordan pretty often. I can’t help it. Jordan is one of those places that just …