Year in Review: 2015
What a year it has been. We thought that 2015 might be a little less stressful than 2014. Boy, were we wrong. Here are the highlights in cas...Read More
Partnach Gorge
The Partnach Gorge is a 702 meter long chasm worn away by a mountain stream (the Partnach) in the Reintal valley near the south German town ...Read More
Sledding in the Alps
During our stay in Germany, we felt we would be letting an opportunity slip by if we didn't participate in some sort of snow sport with ...Read More
Garmisch and the Zugspitz
Since Saudi Arabia isn't very big on celebrating Christmas, our family headed to Germany for the Christmas Markets and the traditional w...Read More
TDY to Turkmenistan
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations has more projects than they have people to staff them full time, so Foreign Service Construction...Read More
Parting Thoughts from the Parthian Empire
The two weeks I spent in Ashgabat flew by. Here are some of the things that I'm going to remember out the trip. While this area has quit...Read More
The Horses of Ashgabat
I had originally planned on including a paragraph or two in each of the other posts from my TDY to Turkmenistan , but that seemed to make al...Read More
Riding an Akhal-Teke Horse
The horse is very popular in Turkmen culture. So much so, there's a horse on the national crest and there is a ministry of horses . Ther...Read More
The Gates of Hell
When someone mentions "the Gates of Hell," do you think of Rodin's masterpiece in the Musee D'Orsay , a Tom Petty song ,...Read More
Like the Deserts Miss the Rain
What happens when a city that doesn't get much rain during the year gets hit by a rainstorm? Flooding - because there isn't a functi...Read More
Ashgabat and the Silk Road
My first Sunday in Ashgabat, I went to Tolkuchka Bazaar and then rode around the city . It was an interesting experience, definitely worth ...Read More
Calling all Engineers!
The Foreign Service Construction Engineer (FSCE) Vacancy Announcement will open on November 17, 2015 and will close on December 09, 2015...Read More
Wandering around Ashgabat
I had some time off to explore the city of Ashgabat. One of the most striking features of the city is how nearly every building seems to be ...Read More
Transiting Iranian Airspace
Normally, "fly-over" country refers to somewhere that people normally don't want to travel to. But in this case, Iran is a &q...Read More
Get Your Coffee Fix While Living Abroad
October 1st, 2015 is International Coffee Day ! I've heard it said that water is essential to life because it is used to make coffee. If...Read More
Our Family Vacation to Turkey
This last week was a great time to get out of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: the schools were out for Eid al-Adha, the government was shut down becau...Read More
Going Home (DNZ-JED)
It's going to be a long day: We fly from Denizli, Turkey to Istanbul on Turkish Airlines then transfer to Royal Jordanian for a connecti...Read More
Roman Ruins: Hierapolis and Cleopatra's Baths
After visiting Laodikeia and the Kaklik cavern , we drove up to the north gate of Hierapolis. Rather than walking up the travertines again,...Read More
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