by Deborah Quinn | Apr 27, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, family, growing up, Kids, shopping, UAE
Husband and I, we are a rental people. Or we were, until last week. While friends were working on a second house, or a vacation house, or a condo somewhere spiffy, we were renting an apartment in Manhattan (which we moved out of when we left for Abu Dhabi: now we got...
by Deborah Quinn | Apr 1, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Travel
Our vacation in the Maldives a few weeks ago was perfect, and that’s all I’m going to say about that. It seemed as if we were in a natural paradise…but “natural,” these days, isn’t always what it seems: There were no mosquitoes: The...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 22, 2010 | Travel
Pre-flight:
We got to the airport at 8PM for our 10PM flight. A family of four, with one medium suitcase, and two small duffel bags, which isn’t that bad, given that we’re going to be gone for a week. (And yes, each of us had a carry-on bag, but still, it’s...
