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gopiscrap

(23,733 posts)
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 05:51 PM Dec 2018

Christmas greetings from Dubai

we are at the International airport after taking a wonderful flight. We are waiting for our connection to Eritrea. Right now my wife is playing with this cute little 7 year old girl from Saudi Arabia. They are doing math problems (my wife ever the teacher and we are all (her parents included) playing tic tac toe. It is one of those sublime moments in which you become connected for the briefest of moments and recognize, affirm and revel in the humanity in each other.

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Christmas greetings from Dubai (Original Post) gopiscrap Dec 2018 OP
Thanks for sharing this; elleng Dec 2018 #1
Lovely Karadeniz Dec 2018 #2
Out of curiousity, where were you coming from? ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #3

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
3. Out of curiousity, where were you coming from?
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 06:47 PM
Dec 2018

Yes, Saudis are usually very nice people (with the absolute exception of MSB, who is an evil murderer).

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