Ramadan: week 2…and counting

June 11, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Last time I wrote was about Day 1 full Ramadan experience. This time it is exactly two weeks since the start of Ramadan, and the start of our experiment to actually live the Ramadan routine. Well, not exactly. For us, who are active early birds, this means one meal per day – a sumptuous Iftar […]

Ramadan: on

May 28, 2017.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, […]

Doing sports in Abu Dhabi: just doing it

May 14, 2017.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 […]

Culture, what culture?

May 7, 2017.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. […]

First week: enjoying it

April 30, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hello from the other side. Let me just take my sunglasses off… A random sunny day The first week in Abu Dhabi went fast, and at the same time it seems ages have passed since we left Copenhagen. At work, I had a lot of introduction sessions, as well as procedures to get the local […]

First 24 hours in Abu Dhabi: ton of impressions

April 23, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

First 2 days in Abu Dhabi. We got first cultural experience on the plane here where we were offered Arabic mezze as a meal, consisting of hummus, pita bread, samoosa, fattoush, warak inab and samoosa… A few things which I had tried before, but learned the names only checking afterwards, e.g. warak inab is rice wrapped in […]

Hello (new) World. Bye bye hygge.

April 19, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

So, it finally happened. Back in 2013 I promised on Twitter (for fun) to move out from Denmark if it wins the Eurovision with the song “Only Teardrops”. Here we go. Flight on Saturday: destination Abu Dhabi. 9 years in Denmark! Moving to Denmark to Lithuania back in autumn 2008 was kind of a challenge. From a […]