Shots from life in Bahrain!

Above: Towers in Manama and our pool.

Below: City View at Dusk on a cloudy day.

Something for the boys reading this post!

Above:The view from the National Museum

Below: Mmmm so good Lebanese food from Zahle Restaurant at the Gulf Hotel. Gulf Lobster and Prawns, Lamb and Chicken.

Also for the boys!

A food and pottery post to come.

"What does one do with all this time off" I have been asked many times by my family (my friends are probably thinking it too but are too polite to ask)?! Well when you have worked since the age of 16, completed 2 university degrees (one being a Masters), while working part time and summers, and then working full time for the last 4 years (the last one of which you were planning a wedding) and all without a break longer than 3 weeks... A little boredom is a welcome change!

Why did I wait so long to write this blog? I think that this has been my first chance to disconnect from the only life I know in MTL. Yes I've done a lot of travelling, but this is different. I am dipping my big toe in the water and before you know it I should be treading water again. I have to say, although I have missed many aspects of my life like my family, my friends, my work... it felt good to be on the other side of the world and free from any and all obligations. even that of a blog. But I still have a month left to my adventure!

What is a Bahrain Diva?

Based on popular demand I have decided to write a blog on my adventure to the Middle East and beyond!

At first I felt it would be self-indulgent and even catty to write about my 3 month + dream-like experience away from Montreal, while all my friends and family were stuck in the cold. I was sure to make some enemies out of my closest friends! But after a little push from a few friends and contacts and a need to document and re-live and share some of the most memorable moments of my life, I decided to give it a go!

I will try my best ladies (you know who you are) to try and not get under anyone's skin.

This is it, my first post!

Enjoy!

- A Bahrain "Diva is a female version of..." the modern day working woman who picks up her life and leaves her career in Montreal to follow her husband to Bahrain for the winter, without guilt or regret to live the life of a "Khaleejy", a modern woman of the gulf!