Eid Al-Adha

Eid Al-Adha (the festival of sacrifice) is a 1-week public holiday in Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. Starting on Sat 6 Dec Peter had a week off work, and the boys also began their winter school holidays. We decided to leave Riyadh for 2 weeks and drive to some of the nearby Gulf states - Bahrain and Qatar. Here are some notes from Liam's holiday journal in the days before we left ...

4 Dec

On thrsDay

On thrsday in the arftnoon I go Swimming for an ho awa it takx a Log tim the Swmming is vewe big.

The boys have both doing two 1 hour lessons each week since September, in the indoor pool at our compound. This was actually Liam's first week back in the pool after a minor fracture to his arm.

5 Dec

On Friday

On Friday I go to church the a heps of pepol We Stau for a Log tim and then I go home and then I go To my Simming Lesen