Yes, we're in Maine and not Cairo like where we said we were celebrating (see Christmas in Cairo).
I know, I know we totally lied to you - I apologize. If it makes you feel any better, we also lied to our parents, and we like them a whole lot better than we like you.
The whole thing was Liz's idea, truth be told. I got to pick our vacation last December (yes, Southern Maine) and that meant she got this go-round. At first we were thinking Thailand, and then Cairo. But we had a rough autumn (see Grandma Polly and Grandpa Don).
So somtime around Thanksgiving Liz decided that we should go home for Christmas. It took her all of two seconds to convince me. But of course we had to put her spin on it, which meant not telling anyone (well, I told my friend Charlene in Southern California, but I was pretty sure she wasn't going to ring up my folks or Liz's folks in Maine). It also helped that we found somewhat inexpensive plane tickets home, too.
So we left our apartment at midnight on Sunday, our flight from Dubai was at 3 am on Christmas Eve. We arrived in London at 7 am their time. Festive. Three hour layover in London, fly to Boston, got a rental car at 2:30 pm in Boston, which we'll have to tell you more about later.
We got to Liz's parents' house at 5 or 5:30 and, after a quick visit and a much needed shower we were on the way to my cousin's house, where we've been doing Christmas Eve celebrations for the last decade. That was a fun surprise ...
Like I said, more on this "Mission: Christmas" later.
Since I know some of you are probably at work right now and bored here is an updated Greatest Hits of the last eight months or so. Enjoy!
11/28/07 - Films Set in Maine
11/21/07 - Maybach 62 Landaulet
11/20/07 - Pickup Trucks in Dubai
11/16/07 - Frugality and Beer
11/12/07 - The UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
11/11/07 - Not Newlywed in Dubai
11/8/07 - Quick Ski Dubai Trip
11/7/07 - DuBiotech and the Hydropolis Equation
11/5/07 - Portland Press Herald
11/1/07 - High School Equivalence Certificate in Dubai
10/29/07 - Red Sox Win the World Series. Again.
10/26/07 - Dubai Desert Rythym Music Festival
10/25/07 - I still hate Orbit ESPN
10/19/07 - World Travels
10/17/07 - Less Than Jake in Hatta
10/15/07 - The Kingdom
10/14/07 - Good Morning Baseball
10/11/07 - Dubai Cares? Maybe. But does the RTA ...?
10/3/07 - My Green Tea Popped!
9/29/07 - Grandpa Don
9/28/07 - Beer, Ramadan, the Hard Rock, and Dubai
9/27/07 - Our New Favorite Channel
9/25/07 - Grandpa Don
9/25/07 - And we're back ...
9/21/07 - The kicker
9/20/07 - Grandma Polly
9/14/07 - Dubai's Population
9/13/07 - Burj Dubai beats CN Tower
9/11/07 - September 11
9/11/06 - EA Rugby 08
9/6/07 - News: Dubai's Firefighting Corvette
9/6/07 - Blinking Green Light
9/6/07 - The Pink Life
9/3/07 - New Look!
8/30/07 - You know you're watching too much "Lost" when ...
8/29/07 - USA Rugby? Who knew?
8/27/07 - Dubai is not a "Global City"
8/21/07 - Gap in Dubai
8/18/07 - Celcius
7/19/07 - Die Hard 4.0
6/26/07 - Salik Toll
6/25/07 - Walt Disney Pictures Logo Change
6/21/07 - Dubailand
6/20/07 - The hottest I've ever been
6/19/07 - News: Hooters in Dubai?!?
6/14/07 - Unclear Windows
6/12/06 - Coup Fourré!!
6/12/07 - Funny Cat Story
6/8/07 - Gonu Gone
6/7/07 - Special Drawing Rights
6/6/07 - Tropical Cyclone Gonu Update
6/5/07 - My Thoughts on the Boy Scouts of America
5/31/07 - Dubai Road Expansion
5/30/07 - Story Idea
5/30/07 - We Got Lost
5/29/07 - That Cabbie Copped my Design!
5/28/07 - I Hate Orbit ESPN
5/23/07 - Weekend Photo Roundup
5/21/07 - Sorrow
5/17/07 - Cheney & Ahmadinejad
5/11/07 - Fujairah Tourism website
a/k/a Touristic Learnings for Make Benefit Glorious Emirate of Fujairah
5/10/07 - Ryman-esque Painting
5/3/07 - Last of the Emirates
5/2/07 - Dubai from Space
4/26/07 - Overpass to Somewhere
4/25/07 - Dubai Diamond Heist
4/23/07 - Sox this morning
4/23/07 - That's not Baseball ...
4/22/07 - Baseball Tonight
4/22/07 - Earth Day Dubai
4/20/07 - Catching Up
4/19/07 - Movies in Dubai
4/16/07 - The Black Echo
4/13/07 - Pretty Love Machine?
