Reflections on culture, travel, sport and books
It’s the last day of my maternity leave. It’s been nice 2 years at home with baby daughter Gabija…I wish. Surprising as it was, the year 2021 didn’t bring us peace and maturity, but the next set of size 1 diaper challenge: Gabija’s baby brother, Augustas, who turns 3 months on February 10th. I know […]
Read MoreMany months have passed since I last made a record here. I know, many think – ah, the baby appeared, so not a single minute free, changing pampers all day long…oh well, not really. I must say, of all things keeping us busy, the baby girl, Gabija, turned out to be least of the trouble […]
Read MoreIt has been a long time, I know, since I last made a print here. It was somewhat on purpose, I must admit. What started as mild weakness, elevated heart rate and nausea in the middle of summer ended up being…well, by now a big bump in my belly which in 3 months time will […]
Read MoreUnexpectedly spring turned into summer and Ramadan has passed in-between. It was the 3rd year in a row we were diligently fasting, while exercising. We only escaped in the very last week to our long-planned trip of the year 2019: Australia. Why Australia? Well, first off, with my credit card points I got a free […]
Read MoreIt’s April. Time flies incredibly fast. I just realized by last blog post was mid January. A lot has happened since. It has been a rather productive time outdoors, as the weather this year has been very generous: not too hot not too cold. We have had around 20-24 degrees mid temperatures, which is a […]
Read MoreWinter is the busiest time of the year in the UAE. Lots of events and lots of opportunity to be outdoors. Ever since we got back from Japan, we barely had a lazy weekend! (Not that I ever do lazy weekends anyway ;)) So what have we been up to since November? For the second […]
Read MoreHow should I even start this. Well, we knew Japan was a great country to visit, but that it is SO amazing… We are still recovering from a 9-day trip (end of October-beginning November). We tried to get the best of it as always: 6am – 11pm (or later) on foot every day, around 265km […]
Read MoreTime flies! We just realized last week was a 2-year anniversary of visiting Abu Dhabi for the first time. Before then I didn’t even realize how things work here and me, like many people not living here, would just associate the region with Dubai. Now I feel when people say/think I live in Dubai not […]
Read MoreIt has been a while. Between end of June and end of July we have really enjoyed life. My husband has changed jobs – moved from Dubai to Abu Dhabi to work for an AI startup. This, apart from all the exciting content, also makes our lives easier: we no longer need 2 cars, and […]
Read MoreA lot of time has passed since mid April when I last wrote, and a lot of things have happened too. We have officially celebrated a year in Abu Dhabi at the end of April, and we have officially passed our second Ramadan here. I was briefly in Chicago for business in mid-May, and we […]
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Aurum in the Desert 