Saturday September 27
Yesterday while Suzanne and I were on base at the gym , Peter and Pete took Nick and Lucas to rugby practice at the British Rugby Club. After practice they all had a British breakfast and the men had a pint.
Last night we went to a wine tasting party hosted by Suzanne's friend Julie, a Naval Commander , Supply Corps Officer. It was a fundraiser for the Supply Corps Foundation, held in a high rise building with a commanding view of downtown Manama. Great dinner of local food served with 4 courses of Italian wines.
The venue was awesome, saw all of their friends from last night and met several more. We met Pete's boss whose wife and daughters live in Virginia and the daughters both attend UVA. Also Meggan and her husband who works for NCIS; we all called him Mark Harmon!! At evening's end, we drove back to Mirisolas followed by the babysitter's parents; Dan, a civilian expert on Naval warfare who works with Pete and Heidi, a friend of Suzanne's. AND they used to live in Prince William County!!! The world does get smaller and smaller!!
This morning we left in a hurry to drive the short distance to the base, NSA (Naval Support Activity) Bahrain, for a morning full of basketball games. At the base we had to relinquish our passports and get visitor passes that stated we must be accompanied at all times. The base is pretty large, all of the buildings are built of sand colored cement but there are green oases, small parks, trees and flowers.
Lucas' game, for 5 and 6 year old boys and girls, was quite good. Not many rules followed but you knew they had the gist of the game. Two baskets by Lucas!! The other 2 games were also coed and were held in the main gym where I walked yesterday. It was almost 1 when the last game ended so we had lunch at the base. Pete, Suz, Peter and I had shawarma, a local treat! Chicken or lamb with veggies, sauce and french fries folded into a pita. Mmmm! Home again where we ALL collapsed for a while.
Temp outside today at 3:
94 degrees!!
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