2. Visiting Petra
Attorney Mark Fretta currently serves as a principal and a sports agent with
Vector Sports Intermediary, LLC, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In this
position, he represents Olympic and other major athletes in employment
and endorsement contracts. Mark Fretta also enjoys traveling and has
been to 42 countries, including Jordan, one of his favorite spots.
3. Visiting Petra
Jordan is a country in the Middle East, bordered by Saudi Arabia, Iraq,
Syria, and Israel. Many visitors make a trip to the country to explore Petra,
an ancient city built more than 2,000 years ago by the Nabataeans at a
major junction of trade routes between Asia and Europe.
4. Visiting Petra
Known as the “rose-red city,” Petra hasn’t changed in hundreds of years.
Visitors enter through the Siq, a narrow gorge between towering cliffs.
Walking through the Siq is an experience in itself, but beyond lies Al-
Khazneh, the treasury, which was carved into the pink rock face of the cliffs
in the early first century. Cutting the facades and multi-roomed buildings of
Al-Khazneh out solid rock was a remarkable engineering feat. That is just the
beginning of the city, however. To get to truly know Petra, visitors should
allocate at least four days.
