One of the deals we are giving our 5 siblings is a trip (once) to visit us. Abby is here for the semester subbing and Andrew came to visit for his Spring Break! Shannon was studying abroad in Barcelona so they met up in Kuwait. It was a memorable week for all! (see Shannon’s post for proof)
There was a little miscommunication ..Shannon arrived on Friday, March 22nd and Andrew arrived 24 hours later. Luckily we like Shannon so it worked out just fine 😉
Shannon made it!
It actually ended up being quite an interesting experience: Shannon met a guy from Portugal on the plane. He was visiting friends but they weren’t able to pick him up at the airport. Our friend, Dana, was driving so we all piled into her car and took him to Marina Mall. We invited him to have breakfast with us at Pain Quotidian…and ended up finding out he was visiting some Kuwaiti royalty that he had met on a road trip. Crazy! We ended up hanging out with him all day and had quite a bit of fun being hospitable. Bonus: he’s a great (self-taught) photographer!
The afternoon consisted of coffee and pedicures. Saturday was another early morning to pick Andrew up at the airport.
We had an amazing breakfast (as always) at the Cocoa Room before heading out to the desert!
Full and satisfied, Dana, Andrew, Shannon, Abby, Jeff and I headed out to do some desert hiking. We found some interesting things along the way!
We also managed to do some GeoCaching…
…and found lots and lots of bullets in the process.
It wasn’t the clearest day but we had a great (HOT) time! Check out the entire album for many more pictures 🙂
Before they came, we compiled a list of all the things we wanted to do with them. [As you can see, we take our food very seriously!] It was actually a pretty busy week! We gave them a taste of a lot of things and know we missed even more. Contrary to popular belief, there’s actually a lot to do in Kuwait (if you’re looking). Some of the blogs I use to find goings-on: 2:48AM, Life in Kuwait, The Grapevine Kuwait.
Shannon introduced me to Red Mango…how did I manage to get through the first 7 months here without ever stopping to try it?!
We ventured to Souq Sharq (a first for all of us!).
We made at stop at the Fish Market.
We (finally) tried a nearby bakery and enjoyed some Middle Eastern sweets.
Strolling through the Old Souq.
Dinner at the Old Souq
Our last night, we ventured to one of our favorite restaurants for some Turkish food and shisha.
Jeff getting fancy with shisha
Abby’s friend from high school (Lance) was in Kuwait for a couple months working on the oil fields and joined us…small world!
Andrew’s turn 🙂
It was a great week!!
Check out the rest of our pictures plus all of our iPhone photos 🙂
Living in Laymans' Terms 
Looks like you all had a fabulous time together!!!! I appreciate the time you put into your blog! With the pic’s, it give me a true sense of what you are experiencing over there! Love to you ALL!!!!!
Can’t wait to see you in a few weeks aunt Kymmie!
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