Blogs from Middle East - page 882

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Hi!!! Sorry i haven't updated in ages, things have been pretty crazy!! After my last entry, we went on a 3 night Greek Island cruise. In addition to the usual relaxing and partying, we visited Kusadasi, which is on the Asian side of Turkey. This is where ancient Ephesus is located, A city that has been excavated for the last 80 years, and isnt expected to be completed for another 100 years. It's one of the largest ancient cities ever found and was truly amazing. In the afternoon we went to Patmos, a Greek Island where the Monastery that St. Paul (i think) wrote the book of Revelations... or something like that. My Christian history isn't very good. The next morning we docked in Crete's capital city, Heraklion, where the Palace of Knossos is located. It's ... read more

Independence Day in Kuwait. Not my first choice. I have a flight scheduled for tomorrow so I checked into the temporary billeting in Kuwait to get some much needed rest. I slept almost 8 hours catching up for the last 4 days. The base in Kuwait is much safer so it is a more relaxed environment. I put on my PT uniform and got out to explore what Independence Day activities that were being offered. Vanilla at best but one thing caught my eye. A hot dog eating contest. I had to go check this out. Hot dog gluttony in 120 degree heat. There were 10 contestants who ate about 6 dogs a piece -the winner took home a trophy with 8 and one half hotdogs. I felt a little queasy watching. Americans will bring their ... read more

Happy 4th of July to all my friends back in the States! Sophie and I slept in and then went to the club to swim. We ended up calling her friend Rosie from the States who is spending the summer with her family visiting her grandparents in Beyrouth (as they spell it around here), to come swimming with us. We had a fun day and Sophie ended up swimming for 6 hours! Later Eddie's friends Lena and Laudi brought dinner to our house that they had prepared all day. They brought kibbeh neighe (like steak tarar) especially for Sophie. She was in heaven. She was so excited that she had to take a picture of it! So even though she was very tired (dinner starts around 10 pm here!) she stayed up just for that! From ... read more

Not many (I doubt you really want to see 100 photos of tilework. The carets are the ones I ended up buying. And now, just as I'd finally gotten the hang of this blog . . . I've been asked to do a blog on gapyear.com. So, at least for the duration of my time in Japan, and possibly for the whole trip, my blog can be found here: New travel blog It's a pain, as I don't think you can subscribe to it, and i... read more