Ebla Cham Palace Damascus
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Esma Esad, Golan Heights, Damascus
Thanks for all supporting messages and comments. I don t hav much time to write. We are ona very very tight schedule. Getting up at 7 and riding for 6 hours and meeting people and going to bed at 2 am has been tiring but we are not complaining. We were invitied to a reception at he presidential residence last night held by the First Lady Esma Esad …
Love and travel have in common .....
... last whine. My much praised (by me) Kindle (e book) has collapsed. No screen, no wireless, no access to my books, newspapers, no anything except dismay, despair and depression for me. And I cannot here even get a gin and tonic which would help, even for a moment. Those who are readers will know how bereft I feel. Plus it all happens in Syria where access to certain internet activities are limited - no Skype, no reaching amazon.com. I guess it is just time to get a teach yourself Arabic manual.
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Como si no hubiera pasado nada...
... sin el contador o fijar precios astronómicos incluso para nosotros., pero la experiencia le hace a uno más sabio… ya no tenemos este tipo de problemas. También nos engañaron en un frutería verdulería donde nos hicieron sufrir el típico engaño del que nos devolvieron mal las vueltas de un billete misteriosamente desaparecido… Tampoco nos ha vuelto a pasar. Como en todas partes el ser humano es vivo y a veces cutre y codicioso… La mayor parte ...
First week and all
... Italian girl – Erica who is here for a month. I would later learn that many of these European students come here for a month, study Arabic, go back to their countries finish a semester and then come back again for another month. (partly due to the fact that the Uni of Dam runs monthly Arabic courses, and after each course you move up one level) Its insane the number of Europeans studying Arabic at the University. When I went in to register I was the ...
Yikes......
... to say, our drive on the baghdad highway was scenic as heck! lots of rocks...and goats...and uh....buildings and rocks and goats and stuff. i actually did see a roman memorial which was pretty neat. the shrines were very cool. supposedly the room in one is dedicated to st.thomas who passed through there..and is also dedicated to some roman guy who didnt shoot a deer which ended up being the mother mary??? that was the jist of it anyway. lots of trap doors ...
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- Restaurant
- Room service
- Business Services