Hello, friends. I know I haven’t posted much recently (this has been the busiest summer of my life, I swear!) but I wanted to let you know that today is the day I take my first trip to the Middle East. Wish me luck, and I’ll be sure to post pictures and tell stories when [...]
Posts Tagged ‘travel’
19 May
I asked for a room with a bath
While frequenting one of my favorite used book stores in Raleigh, the Reader’s Corner, I stumbled upon a vintage travel phrase book in Arabic. I didn’t buy it for the phrases, really (although there are some good sentences in there) but to see perspectives on travel in the Middle East during the 1970s. It’s like [...]
20 Apr
Bonjour, mes amies!
My first foreign language was not Arabic, it was actually French. I loved it so much, and was lucky enough to travel twice to France during my studies. This week I am on vacation in Paris, and hopefully, my French will emerge and I’ll stop trying to say everything in Arabic. I am, however, bringing [...]
1 Feb
Rose goes to China
This weekend J and I said goodbye to Rose, our very good friend who is leaving on a [jet] plane tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. for Shanghai. From there, she will take the train to Hefei and teach English at the university for a year and a half. This is the opportunity of a lifetime, [...]
28 Dec
Back in Massachusetts
We have returned to Massachusetts, after some thirty odd hours in the car driving to and from North Carolina. I’m not sure if we’re young enough to keep making this drive! It is so nice to be home and snuggle on this last night of Hanukkah. I like that sakn (the three letter root س [...]
22 Dec
Road trip
Today, J and I embark on our extremely long road trip to North Carolina. Wish us luck.
سار sara
:to move on, set out, strike out, start, get going; to move along; to march; to travel
سير sair
:trip, tour; walk, errand; march, procession; marching, parade, walking tour
سيار sayyar
:traveling frequently, always on the move, continually moving
جرائد سيارة jara’d sira
:daily [...]
