Even though Iraq is hundreds of miles away, most people envision me living in downtown Baghdad and that mental image has a way of curtailing visitors. Luckily, a dear friend of mine and her daughter decided to risk life and limb make the perilous journey to the Middle East for a visit. Their first impressions were that it looked like Florida and that 112F was really, really hot. We had a fun time sightseeing, riding camels, bashing sand dunes and wearing burkas. (The verdict on the burkas were "they are hot, yet slimming.")
No trip to the UAE is complete without seeing Dubai and we were able to squeeze in 2 days there. Only in Dubai can you spend the morning baking on the beach and the afternoon freezing on the ski slopes of the Mall of the Emirates. All that and we were still back in Abu Dhabi by dinnertime.
I think the trip opened their eyes to a Middle East that they were not expecting; a region with a strange mix of modern and traditional without a terrorist in sight. I'm happy to say that they weren't kidnapped once and the most frightening thing they had to endure was eating my cooking. Thanks for coming you two!!!
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