Month: May 2017

Ramadan: on

.Reading time 9 minutes.

So here it comes. Just a month after we have been here, the most cultural experience kicks off – Ramadan is on. It is a month (9th in the Islamic calendar), lasting 29-30 days observed by Muslims worldwide, and dates change according to the moon. The exact date is only known a day in advance, […]

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Doing sports in Abu Dhabi: just doing it

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Week 3 in Abu Dhabi has passed, and when yesterday evening we came out of the sea, my husband laughed when I said “it is getting chilly” (water: +26°C, air: +31°C). Oh well, they were right when they said you get used to warm weather in no time. And I don’t even want to think […]

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Culture, what culture?

.Reading time 5 minutes.

Before coming to live in Abu Dhabi, UAE, people often warned me: “but you are going to miss culture!”, “everything is superficial there”, “it’s an empty desert”. Excuse me. For starters, the first book I read was “Culture shock! United Arab Emirates”. 🙂 And there is something to say about it. So what is culture. […]

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