Reflections on culture, travel, sport and books
Unexpectedly 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 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 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 MoreJanuary almost gone! I realize the longer we live in the UAE, the less time we have on our hands. I remember when we first came in April 2017 we thought we will have loads of time to do the stuff we like, as many things are being taken care of by others. But here […]
Read MoreTo give you an impression of my past month I may just summarize the past 36 hours: Creamfields festival in Abu Dhabi, featuring Above and Beyond, Axwell and Ingrosso, and my absolute favourite deadmau5; beach; Louvre Abu Dhabi seeing the famous works of Picasso, Monet…you name it; The Match 2 and 3 of FIFA Club […]
Read MoreAnd so we had our first holiday after moving to Abu Dhabi: a two-week getaway. We decided to go to somewhere warmer, of course. Haha – just kidding 🙂 Since we have received the 110% dose of vitamin D this year already we decided to visit, well, home – our parents, relatives and friends in […]
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Aurum in the Desert 