We have just returned from a few weeks break in the UK. It was a pretty hectic time and it was very tiring for me as my baby was only 3 weeks old when we flew out of Riyadh for London but we did some nice things with the kids like going to Alton Towers and ice-skating, we enjoyed some milder weather than that which we are used to here in Riyadh and of course we got to see family whom we had not seen in a year and half.
We were lucky to have day time flights both in and out of the UK for a change – we usually have night time flights which I don’t enjoy. I took my camera on the flight and took a few photos so it was:
Goodbye England:
… and hello Riyadh!
There is plenty I’ll miss about the UK but it’s nice to be back in the Land of Islam again – being Muslim is the norm here of course, adhan can be heard all the time and mosques are everywhere to be seen. It’ll be good starting our first day of Ramadan tomorrow back here in Saudi Arabia. Not so good to be back in the land of such extreme heat though particularly with air-conditioning units that are not working so well these days!
RAMADAN MUBAARAK to everyone! I’m hoping to blog much more again from now and blog about Ramadan in Riyadh but I’ve been having troubles signing into my WordPress account so I can’t promise!
12 responses so far ↓
nadia // August 21, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Ramadan mubarak!
ammena // August 21, 2009 at 11:33 pm
glad to hear you got back safely.. although sad that we didnt get together. Insha’allah next time. Ramadhan mubarak sis
fi amenallah
Umm Ibrahim // August 22, 2009 at 1:01 am
Assalaamu alaikum,
Thank you Nadia – have a wonderful Ramadan!
Ammena… was a shame indeed but driving down to London would’ve been too much for me. The 4 hour drive to see my dad was a killer as it was!
um almujahid // August 22, 2009 at 7:38 pm
assalamu alaykum
glad to know you are back home safely alhamdulillah! Ramadhaan Mubarak to u!!!
SusieOfArabia // August 22, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Ramadan Kareem! Welcome back to the Magic Kingdom.
FYI – I have also had trouble logging on to WordPress from my blog where it says Log On, but if I go to WordPress.com and sign on from there, it works. Don’t know if your problem is the same, but until I figured that out, I was having major difficulties.
Rainbow In the grey sky // August 22, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Aslamu alakum sis
nice to have you back , i have missed your blogs and am glad to read you will be taking up this old hobby again inshaAllah! Glad you got to the UK , to see family and all. Ramandan Kareem to you too ukti!
Cookie Monster // August 23, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Hey salaams, and Ramadan mubarak!
Hope you and the family enjoyed your trip here!
Aafke // August 24, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Ramadan mubarak!
What a trip with such a small baby! I’m glad it went allright!
I couln’t get onto my own blog yesterday!
Ines // August 25, 2009 at 4:36 am
Ramadan kareem sis. I was also away for almost three weeks and soooooooooooo glad to be back. There is no place like home mashallah.
Umm Ibrahim // August 26, 2009 at 12:36 am
Assalaamu alaikum,
Thanks Umalmujahid! Have a wonderful month!
Thanks for the tip Susie, I’ll remember that one!
Umm Ibrahim // August 26, 2009 at 12:37 am
Alaikum salaam,
Nice to have you back too Rainbow! xxx
Great to hear from you Cookie Monster – hope you enjoy your Ramadan!
Thanks so much Aafke! Yes it was a big journey to make with the little one but I was really blessed this time round with recovering soooo quickly and feeling ‘normal’ again so fast.
Hope you enjoyed your break Ines.
Najeeba // September 6, 2009 at 8:00 am
Assalamu alaikum,
Ramadan Kareem ( and a blated one)!
I was surprised to hear that u went to UK with the 3 week old child! Back in India, we are not even allowed to get out of bed for 40 days after delivery. We have midwives for bathing the mother ( and the bathe – a one hour treatment with oils and creams) and the baby, washing the mother’s and baby’s cloths and making food for the mother. You won’t believe, we r not allowed to read, write, talk too much, laugh loudly, cry…. Pre-delivery period is a time for lazying around. The old people blieve if we do not take rest, for almost 3 months after delivery, we will be effected with back pain, blurred vision, head ache etc etc etc. I don’t know if the belief is true, but I too had to obey the old laws after my delivery too!!