Merry Christmas from the Kingdom of Bahrain

[smittygj]

Merry Christmas from the Kingdom of Bahrain! Yep, it's 30 minutes after midnight here, and it is officially Christmas!
We moved over here back in November as some of you know, and we are still living in a hotel as we look for a
suitable place to live. We had to buy a fake tree (first time in our lives we have ever not had a real tree, and
the wife is not happy about it). But we have a tree, presents under it, and we are together as a family, so
what more could you ask for?

God bless, and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

R/
Smittygj

 

[halfmileharry]

Merry Christmas Smitty

 

[smittygj]

Just realized I posted this in wrong section. Mods, feel free to move to the break room? Or leave it here, your choice. I saw "General Discussion" and stopped reading here. My fault....

 

[Mgderf]

Bloomington to Bahrain.
Talk about a culture shock!
Merry Christmas to you and yours...


Be safe.

 

[SSGSAD]

Merry Christmas to you, and yours .....

Thank you, for whatever it is you do, over there !!!!!

 

[printcraft]

Is it snowing over there? It sure as heck isn't here! High today of 55 and low tonight of 39.

Merry Christmas!!

 

[smittygj]

It actually was raining in Bahrain today, and that is a rare thing from what I'm told, but it has rained here 3 times since we got here. It isn't much, just a misting really, but it was rain. Our "agent" for helping us find a place to live said last winter it did actually snow here in Bahrain (snow flurries) in February. Local temp today was 68 degrees during the day, but a warm front moved through, and at 0100 local is 70 degrees?

 

[smittygj]

Merry Christmas to you, and yours .....

Thank you, for whatever it is you do, over there !!!!!

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[Mgderf]

...but at certain times of the year I'm like the IRS, the bad guy!

Dadgum revenuers!

 

[TheWabbit]

During tonight's dinner, I remembered that I spent Christmas 20 years ago in Riyadh, KSA. It was the weirdest thing to wake up on Dec. 25 to the sound of the Islamic call to prayer.

 

[yepthatsme]

Merry Christmas!

 

[smittygj]

During tonight's dinner, I remembered that I spent Christmas 20 years ago in Riyadh, KSA. It was the weirdest thing to wake up on Dec. 25 to the sound of the Islamic call to prayer.

Yes, that call to prayer 5 times a day takes some getting used to. Starts at something like 1/2 hour before sunrise? and then keeps going throughout the day until the last one right before bedtime. There is some clock somewhere on the internet where you can see what the actual times are as they change every day by a few moments just like the actual sunrise/sunset do. But they literally do stop doing whatever it is they are doing and go pray. I've seen traffic cops pull over in their car, take their rug out of the trunk, take their shoes off, set everything up in the right direction, and then do their prayers right there on the side of the road.

 

[warren5421]

Wife was there last week in Nov. and first week in Dec. for her company.