Damascus, Syria, part of the so-called axis of evil and a place where all the signs are in Arabic which might just as well be ancient Greek or Aramaic! So, why did we choose to come here? Well, 35 degrees of sunshine almost guaranteed for the next three months, a job with the British Council, and about as much hummus as we can manage to eat are just three of the reasons! The people seem very friendly and we are managing to communicate in restaurants in broken English, the odd word of French and lots of pointing. We MUST learn a
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