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  • A Farewell to the Middle East.

    A few months ago I went for a run and got a very sharp thorn in my shoe. The thorn was so sharp and so long that it went all the way through the sole of my shoe and stuck me in the bottom of the foot.  I had to stop and dig the thorn…

  • Top 10 things…I miss about Canada.

    I’ve been wanting to write this post for awhile about things I am beginning to miss about Canada.  Now that we’re heading back, I’ve also been thinking about what I’ll also miss about the UAE.  So there will be a theme to my next few posts. My ultimate items are friends and family so I’m…

  • Ramadan

    This will be our second Ramadan in the UAE. I quite enjoyed the relaxed pace of things last Ramadan and look forward to a general slow down in this holy month. On a practical level, for us, it means that my work day is reduced to 6 hours (without a lunch break).  Generally this means…

  • Lanka “Respected Island”

    I dreamed of traveling to many places while living in the Middle East.  Though WE didn’t get to very many places, we did get to a few.  Most recently we returned from Sri Lanka. We had a very quick, 7 day trip.  A place like Sri Lanka really deserves more time to see all the…

  • Marathons and a Mountain

    The last post to this blog was January 30th! This is what happens when routine takes over and adventures simply become living. Of course, our lives have been fairly eventful and we may come to regret not writing them down as time spirals on. I have always wanted to run a marathon and I got…

  • Brick and Mortar

    Our first year in the UAE, Sept 2012-August 2013, the kids were homeschooled by me.  They LOVED it.  I actually got sick of hearing, “Mom, you’re the best teacher ever!”.  It was NON-stop…in my head.  Actually I think that was my mantra over the year.  It may have sounded a bit more like this though,…

  • Orient Express

    James had a conference in Hong Kong at the end of September for a few days. We had known for quite a while that he was going, and debated the same length of time as to whether I should go with him.  He just couldn’t see how it would work with the kids starting school…

  • The Rest of the Story

    It’s been 5 months and I finally feel like I can talk about the first few days of our trip to Salalah with our Australian travel mates.  To recall our last day near Salalah see this post.  I also feel the need to apologise for the long winded nature of this post…but it’s in my…

  • Staying the Course

    My last post was August 23rd.  It has been over a month and a half since I’ve written, not that I have not tried.  There are two draft posts sitting in the queue waiting for me to conjure the determination to finish them.  Though, the chances of that I must admit are rather small.  …

  • Fear, Pain and Choice

    This latest adventure took us across the barren Arabian Peninsula to the land of Salalah in Dohfar on the southern coast of Oman a round trip of nearly 3,000 kilometres by car.  A stone throw from the Yemen border we found amazing beaches and astounding views of tropical like landscapes rising dramatically from the Arabian…