Reflections on culture, travel, sport and books
Many 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 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 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 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 […]
Read More…which basically summarizes the month I have been away. Over the past few months the sports events here have been plentiful, so we had little training but every weekend something to race – run, bike aquathlon, triathlon… it was very weird to start the year like this! Normally, at this time of the year in […]
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 MoreIf it were not for my husband yesterday asking when was the last time I wrote a blog post, I probably wouldn’t have done it today! Time flies when you are having fun 🙂 And indeed, I couldn’t have done it yesterday, as we were in Dubai. Now and then we go there, primarily for […]
Read MoreWeek 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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Aurum in the Desert 