SORRY about December

     I am soooooo sorry about not posting for the entire month of December.  I was busy crafting snowmen, shopping, and crafting for the holiday.  Christmas does not exist, in any way, shape, or form, in Saudi, so I had to cobble together stuff to serve as decorations.  I made another trip to Bahrain in December and was able to purchase a 2 foot faux tree, lights, pearl garland, and an angle topper.  I have left it up and enjoy the colored lights.

I had chosen a new hotel and found myself at the Baisan International Hotel. I was happy to see colored lights in Bahrain, but it turns out it was not for the holidays, but for Bahrain National Day.  Their colors are red and white.  It was simply fortuitous!

It was rather loud, with honking and yelling, when I was driving through the streets.  It was close to midnight and I had a feeling things were just starting to heat up.  I was not to be disappointed.  The view was nice.

So, after checking in, I prepared to go to bed and came to the hard realization that the shower sucked.  After the wonderful shower at the Diva, it was like going from Obama to Trump.  It was beyond a step down.  Old shower head, bad pressure, not much hot water, and that kind of spray that comes with a clogged showerhead.  Saddness ensued,  So, being about 1:00am, I headed to bed,  Sleep?  Not so much.  Apparently Bahrainians celebrate their day like out new year.  Automatic gunfire....at 2am...yup, and firecrackers.....(very heavy sigh)  At least the room was nice and the hotel was walking distance to a TON of things, including some great street food!  They sold these things that reminded me of calzones, but without the tomato sauce, and they were fabulous.  Cheap breakfast and lunch!  That is it for now, I have to head to work, but I will return at lunchtime and continue the saga!