Spring Break Trip trip NYC!! Tomorrow the girls & I are flying back to the US to spend our Spring Break visiting colleges. When did that happen – when did Elise grow up? Looking at colleges – is this for real?! One of the challenges of this ex-pat lifestyle that I did not anticipate 2 […]
Christmas Holiday 2011
So last Christmas I thought since we couldn’t be “at home” for Christmas with family and friends, that we should be somewhere very far away so the girls wouldn’t feel weird. So we traveled all the way to Thailand! Wow you say – how fabulous! I thought so too – but not the girls! They […]
National Day – Celebrating 40 years!
December 2, 1971 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is formed Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is the first President This momentous occasion celebrated the joining of initially 6 different emirates (equivalent to principalities): Abu Dhabi (the capital) Ajman Dubai Fujairah Sharjah Umm al-Quwain Ras Al-Khaimah (joined the UAE in Feb. 1972) Each emirate is ruled by […]