From USA to KSA...and back again!

Welcome family and friends and all those interested in learning more about life in the Middle East-as an expat. We invite you to join us on our mysterious journey, which began in Texas and continues to Saudi Arabia...and now one year later....back to the US! One year of life in Jeddah was enough to write a book. So many good and not so good things were experienced. We write about them here.....

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Saudi Humor vs. Saudi Reality

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Picture Friday: Guess this Mosque

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Picture Friday: Mosque

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From now on I will attempt to make every Friday a Photo Friday. Wait till next Friday for another amazing picture of Jeddah mosque or archi...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

Wasta: Connection and a way of doing business in Saudi Arabia.

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To be successful in Saudi Arabia you must have WASTA, which is translation for connection in Arabic. It is not what you know, it is who yo...

Top 5 Questions and Answers about our trip to Saudi Arabia

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1. Can we take Christmas items to Saudi Arabia? This thought never crossed my mind until another American I met, who hired a shipping com...
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Friday, January 6, 2012

Vocabulary: Segregation ends with the translation.

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In the country that focuses in segregating the sexes I see lot of words that are associated with females or f...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

Landing a job in Jeddah 2!

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During my interview (with the Superintendant) for a Kindergarten teacher job, I was verbally offered the "Director of Curriculum" ...
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