We're Guilty

In Jordan if you get caught eating, drinking or even chewing gum in public during Ramadan you will get fined and possibly serve some jail time.  It doesn't matter if you're a Christian--the law applies to everyone and they have secret service people out watching for violations.  (We're not kidding)

For us, going to Madaba early in the morning and returning late afternoon without anything to drink or eat wasn't something we were looking forward to, but we heard that certain restaurants are open and can serve Christians if they have their windows covered so no one can look inside.

Then we got an idea--go to the internet and see if they have a listing of the restaurants open for lunch during Ramadan.  Sure enough, there was a list, and our favorite burger place, "Fatty Dabs" was on it.

We felt like a couple of sinners