We’re back “home” after a pretty fantastic 8 days in Europe. Our trip coincided with Eid (end of Ramadan) here in Oman, and appears to be well timed (or well planned, in this case), as pretty much the whole country was shut down last week anyway (http://www.omantribune.com/archives/index.php?page=news&id=55430&heading=Top%20News&archdate=2009-09-16):
“His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, it has been decided that Eid Al Fitr holidays for the government sector will be from September 19 to September 23… private sector it will be from September 20 to September 24”
Since the government and private sector have different weekends here, that basically equates to the entire week off for both public and private sectors, plus weekends (9 days). Where are our holidays like this back home?
HM’s decision was backed up by the heavens:
“The main Committee for Moon Sighting…”
And we agree with the newspaper on this:
“The private sector employees extended their heartfelt greetings to His Majesty on this happy occasion, praying to Allah the Almighty to protect His Majesty and grant him good health, happiness and long life”
We made the most of our time. The short list of activities includes: cooking class in Italy, bike riding through the Piedmont wine country, wine & cheese festival, museums and the massive gothic church in Milan, Oktoberfest in Munich, and last but not least – lots of good food, wine, and travels with mom & dad.
More pictures:
All photo credit goes to Bree who documented all the festivities magnificently. Will post more soon….
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