Tuesday Ten From Saudi-Mom's First Week in Saudi

I saw this idea on Noor's blog Little Pink Strawberries and I thought I must give it a try too!
So here are ten random things from my life in the Magic Kingdom this week..

This is the scenery from the Hash which my mom refers to as the International Sports Activity Days. It's basically a day of sporty activities out in the desert with a group of expats.

A man was walking with these funny shoes that reminded me of my dad who uses them in Finland. Not sure if he tested them in the snow yet.

We went shopping to IKEA and saw these clowns going around and people were taking their pictures. I think the other one (or both?) looked  a bit drugged up. I'm scared of clowns, theyre creepy!

I have some sort of a "obsession" of collecting sand from all over the world. I found some sand I had collected from my last trip to Farasan Islands and put it in this Iittala vase from Finland. The scented candles are Lily of the Valley, my favorite!

Speaking of Sand, this is the view from top of the sand dune I climbed. It was really tough! It seems as if every time you take a step up you slide two down, progress is SO slow. Kind of like Saudi-Arabia.

Going to meet the in-laws, we had some souvenirs from Finland. Blueberry chocolates and dried Cloud-berry-Strawberry-Blueberry powder which can be used to make tea.

We were offered some Arabic foods, coffee and tea to taste and my mom liked them all except that she thought the coffee was tea because of the color and strange taste :)

The Jasmine flowers on our balcony smell so nice right now!

October was Breast Cancer Awareness month and the Kingdom tower was pink the whole month to show support to the cause. I wish it was always this color, it's much nicer than the usual yellow.

Can you spot the third cat in this picture? This week my daughter learned to play peekaboo with the cats. One is hiding under the sheet. The black kitten is called Haisuliina, she was born on the exact same day as my baby.