Eid Mubarak!

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Celebrating time off school this week for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday. During this time, it is customary to greet others with the Arabic phrase of “Eid Mubarak,” which essentially means, “Happy Eid.” I took advantage of the time off here by escaping to Bahrain, which is a small country about an hour’s drive across a causeway Southeast of Dhahran. Bahrain is a near get-a-way for many coworkers and Saudis in general, much due to their less restrictive laws on entertainment and beverage consumption.

A coworker friend of mine from California and I took recommendations to decide to stay at the Gulf Hotel, an amazing 5-star hotel:

Complete with a beautiful pool:

There were walkways leading to near a dozen different country cuisine restaurants.

Of course I found the Mexican restaurant. 🙂

We enjoyed a trip to the Grand Mosque, which was closed, but we walked around the outside:

Also the Bahrain National Museum:

I got in a run in the 104 degree heat along the water front. Later we’d walk the same route again en route to try and catch a folk performance at culture hall:

Which unfortunately we had to watch on a screen in the overflow room because they were packed. So we enjoyed a walk down the road to an Irish pub (in honor of not being able to attend Irish Fest in KC this weekend!)

Other than the trip, all is good, and I’m looking forward to hopping on NFL league pass and watching the condensed replay of the Chiefs game from this weekend (win or lose!) Ah, and I did run into a fellow Chiefs fan at a restaurant in Bahrain. Just goes to show we’re worldwide! And I guess I learned that Bahrain isn’t just a kingdom, its part of Chiefs Kingdom. Yes, bad joke.

Cheers!

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