Dears, I was feeling pretty blue after the pink-city fiasco last Thursday. Then yesterday, there was a misinterpretation snafu at work — not worth mentioning in detail. I found myself suffering from a bad case of expatitus volatilus: sudden weepiness, excessive sleeping, and wishing to be tele-transported home but conflicted by a commitment made to host country and company. Sometimes the only option…
Author: nancybercaw
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A Very Rare Case of the Pink City Blues
Dears, I am so dejected that I almost can’t blog. That’s a first! But I will proceed nonetheless because part of any real adventure is the chance that it will go horribly awry. Yesterday morning at 6 a.m., I arrived at Abu Dhabi’s airport ready for my 8 a.m. flight to Jaipur, India. The flight had…
Walking Across Sand Dunes to a Birthday Party in Abu Dhabi
Dears, David’s friend Natalie is having a birthday party today. She lives just a few minutes and buildings away, so we walked over. On the way, I thought that which seems normal to us — crossing desert sand in the middle of the city — would make a very telling photo essay. So, here’s the trip…
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