Hello world. So, most of you must be thinking "ugh another blog", but I figured it's the only way to show everyone how I'm spending my summer on the Mediterranean. Our trip was on Qatar Airways from DC to Qatar to Lebanon. We got here at 3 am local time. By the time we got our luggage and drove home, it was around 4:30 am and believe it or not, we weren't even sleepy! Me and Dee actually stayed up to watch the sun rise. After that we opened all our closets, and were digging into our childhood memories. We found a little white and red dress that I wore when I was 2 years old, size 33 sandals (size 4 or 5 in kid's), old VHS tapes, and Barbies LOL! We finally fell asleep at 7 am, woke up at noon, and had breakfast (yes, breakfast!) on the balcony. We had za3tar pies, cheese pies, and meat pies. After that we walked around the mango and banana trees that we planted 7 years ago.
Dee wanted dessert and couldn't wait any longer so we went to the grocery store to get her KitKat. Let me tell you something, KitKat in the Middle East is AMAZING. MUCH MUCH MUCH better than KitKats in America. Water bottles are really cheap too. I bought a small water bottle for 35 cents? There were also huge, and I mean HUGE, Vodka bottles.
It was for $100.
We then went to visit our aunt Amal in the valley, and Teta (grandma) and Uncle Samir in the mountain. Dee was so scared on the way to Teta's house. I don't really know how to explain the ride. Just think of it as twisty one-lane roads with no side railings. If 2 cars just so happen come face to face with each other, someone has to pull over on the side.
What was even more scary was how sick my Teta is. I haven't seen her since 2004. She teared up when she saw us. I was trying so hard to hold back my tears. I feel like most of her sickness is because she's lonely :( People always take their grandparents for granted. Growing up we always were dragged to go to Grandma and Grandpa's and never really wanted to spend time with them. Now, it's times like these you wish you never acted like that. Anyway, we were going through old pictures and it's crazy how much I look like my Teta and Dee looks like Jiddo (Grandpa).
Teta has a BIIIIIG garden, filled with olive trees, cactus trees, apricot trees, lemon trees, plum trees, and her own vineyard!
We left Grandma's and were all craving shawarma and falafel. Best fast food sandwich in the world. It's basically smoked chicken shavings, lettuce, pickles, french fries (yes, in the sandwich) and garlic sauce wrapped in pita bread.
We then went to see my dad's little brother, Nabeel and my aunt. His wife is actually my second cousin! Her mother is my dad's dad's sister's daughter. They both have 2 sons and 1 daughter. I haven't seen the youngest since he was newborn! He's too adorable now. He speaks fluent French and wouldn't stop talking and jumping. Dee actually said: "Let's make a video of Peter and upload it to YouTube as drunk little boy!"
We're home now. It's almost midnight and I am exhausted! I don't know what the plan is for tomorrow, so you'll just have to wait and see.
xoxo
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