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Category Archives: Holiday
Budapest, communism and airline crew hotels
There’s something I’ve learnt about the children of pilots (and I’m talking about youngsters here – please tell me teenagers are different?). A pilot’s offspring might fly before they take their first teetering steps; their school friends might hail from … Continue reading
Throwback Thursday: The Expat Olympics
If you think about it, it’s a funny ole thing that expats spend such a big chunk of the year away from their adopted home, living out of a suitcase. While most people take two-week holidays, for expats six to … Continue reading
Home for the holidays (on DH’s sleigh)
Holiday travel got a whole lot more exciting on Christmas Eve – a special day for us as DH flew us home! It took a while to get off the ground: ten minutes before push-back, there were 121 passengers missing, … Continue reading
Posted in Dubai, Expat, Family, Holiday, pilot's wife in Dubai
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Travel post: Stepping back into antiquity
Finding yourself alone inside a pyramid is now a real possibility After the revolutionary chaos of the past few years, many people will have struck Egypt off their list of must-see places for the time being. With good reason. But … Continue reading
Posted in Expat, Holiday, Travel
Tagged Cairo, Circles in the Sand travel post, Egypt, Egypt's tourist industry hit, Fishawi’s Ahwa coffeeshop Cairo, Giza, Great Sphinx of Giza, hassle factor in Cairo, low tourist numbers at the pyramids, low tourist numbers in Egypt, Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx Hotel travel review, Pyramids of Giza, the majestic pyramids, the Sphinx, touts in Cairo, visiting Egypt, visiting the Pyramids
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Work-to-rule Santa
Where would Christmas be without a repeat? Here’s a rerun from 2011 … apologies if you’ve heard it all before. At the Wafi mall this morning there was a long line of harassed-looking parents, with kids orbiting round a giant … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Dubai, Expat, Family, Holiday, Parenting
Tagged Christmas in Dubai, expat Christmas in Dubai, Santa Claus, seeing Santa in Dubai
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Tis the season …
Posted in Dubai, Expat, Holiday, UAE
Tagged Christmas wreath Dubai, Dubai Christmas decoration
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Naughty or nice?
Following on from my Christmas post yesterday, another thing I love about this time of year is the scope for some festive bribery. The best way to nip bad bahaviour in the bud, and kind of like having special powers, … Continue reading
CIRCLES IN THE SAND … Marianne Makdisi 