Tonight is Wednesday, the end of the work week. Thursday and Friday are the Saudi weekend. I went with several of the team into Al Kobar to have a nice dinner at one of the better restaurants. Had French onion soup and a chicken salad. Needless to say, the soup was not any where near as good as Carolyn's French Onion soup. It was more like something that you would find at Luby's cafeteria. Several of the others on the team had a Tomato basil soup that was really quite good. For liquid refreshment I took a mint lemonaid. It was served in a tall glass and appeared like mixed drink in a bar (but no alcohol!). Actually, it was quite refreshing. For dessert I shared a creme brule with one of the women on the team and it was pretty darn good.
Wow, how things have changed since I was here nearly 20 years ago. Al Kobar runs all the way to Dahran now and is full of new retail shops and malls. Traffic was horrible along the road into Al Kobar (we ride a regularly scheduled bus run by Aramco). There are all sorts of American and European restaurants and hotels in the city now. Lots of lights and glitz. I'll go back tomorrow during the daylight hours to shop for a cheap watch (the one I have been wearing isn't working well enough to change the time zone) and post some photos.
I mentioned that there were several women on the development team - that is quite different from the last time I did work for Aramco. Before the only women working for Aramco were either local Saudis or casuals (usually expatriate spouses). More later...
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