The King in the Street
Thursday morning started off just like any other day. The little yellow school bus chugged up the hill past our house at 7am bringing me out of my slumber and […]
Category Archives: classic moments
I will try and capture for you all the “classic only in the Middle East Moments” that constantly make me laugh to give you a picture of the delightfully different Arab culture and way of life that I now call home.
When the weather goes wild.
Days of mid 20 degrees Celsius in Winter, snow in Spring, dust storms that reduced visibility to less than a metre, freak storms the likes which haven’t been seen by […]
Not quite to my taste!
I have been meaning to bring you another blog post, since I wrote this one, about the interior stylings of some of the houses that I have visited here in […]
Whatever floats your boat
These potatoes are heading out to sea! And anyone for a salad of Mayoneez (Mayonnaise)!
Here yesterday, gone today, when will it be back?
Why of course tomorrow! Tomorrow – the universal answer here in Jordan to any question to which the recipient either doesn’t know the answer to or knows that you won’t […]
Look at the opportunities, not the dead goat you have to cook with.
My girlfriend in Australia was speaking metaphorically. Ironically I was faced with the reality…..literally I had a dead goat to cook with. I was speaking to my girlfriend about what […]
Celebrating Yom Arafah and Eid al-Adha
Last Tuesday Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Adha which in English means the Festival of Sacrifice. It’s is also know as Eid Kabir or Greater Eid (see my post […]
Upping the anti and inspiring the neighbourhood.
Or perhaps a more accurate title would be amusing the neighbourhood, but since I’m used to amusing them I’m hanging onto the thought that there are some that I’m inspiring! […]
Love is in the air – Engagements
The summer months are prime time engagement and wedding season. With Ramadan falling in summer this year this meant that there was a rush on wedding and engagements in the […]
Trials and Tribulations (Just going for a walk!)
Before living in Jordan I never gave as much as a second thought to the act of going for a walk. You just put your sneakers on and off you […]
Middle East Moments 