This house is located on the other side of the world, in Amman, Jordan. It was built by my father and his thirteen siblings back in the late 70’s/early 80’s. Yes, they built it with their own hands; thats the way it was done back in the day in Jordan. The house is two stories tall plus a basement. It is 9,220 square feet and made basically entirely out of cement, stone, and marble. Yes, the walls are made of entirely out of thick cement, so there is no escaping the summer heat in this home. When you arrive at the house, the first thing you will see is a very steep driveway. The home was built into the side large hill (which my family owns), so you have to drive basically at a 45 degree angle to get to the driveway. When you walk into the home through the large metal double doored entrance, you will be surprised by how the foyer was designed. You are given the option to either walk up 10 steps to the main area of the home, or walk down 10 steps into the basement of the house. I technically shouldn’t even call it a “foyer”, as when you walk in you literally only see the stairs leading up or down, nothing else. It is a little hard to describe better than that though. As you walk up the stairs, you will notice that the floor of the entire home is completely made of huge slabs of white granite with black accents. To the right is a huge circular living room, and to the left is the rest of the home. There is a very elegant flight of stairs leading up to the second floor, as well as a huge balcony overlooking the whole area. I am not able to visit this home very often, as it is on the literal other side of the world, but it has left a very long lasting impression on me. My family usually visits the country every other year, and we did happen to go last summer, and stayed for about two months. I have so many memories and fun experiences, I could write a whole essay alone on this one house. Basically, this house is beautiful and large and will be partly be in my possession once my father passes. It means a lot to me as it was once where my father lived for many years! It is very cool to go back there and imagine him as a kid living with his siblings there. The house is also so large, I would just sit on the balcony watching the sunset and just think about all the work it must have taken for them to build it from the ground up.