Bela Hassar

I was going through some pictures, and found some great ones that were taken by Nino, one of the other ExPats.

It really shows how the houses are built on the slope, and what they're like.

It's a whole different world over here....

My Home Away From Home

It doesn't really feel like Christmas over here. None of the hustle-bustle of shopping, parties with friends, and no family to spend Christmas morning with. I'm not sure if that's good or bad that it doesn't feel like Christmas - I don't think I fully realize what I'm missing.

They gave us the day off, s0 with yesterday being our normal 'Friday' off it makes for *two* days off in a row. I'm thoroughly enjoying being lazy. Slept late, got some reading in, and now I'm looking forward to making all of the Christmas phone calls. I think, perhaps, I'll know what I'm missing then. No regrets, though.

With a day off I thought I'd post some pictures of my little home away from home. Pretty nice quarters, all things considered. Roomy, warm, and with a private bathroom. Not too shabby......

Camp Eggers Bazaar - 17 Dec 2010

Ahhh. Friday. A day of less work, and just the ExPats here. It's nice and quiet. I headed over to the market / bazaar at Camp Eggers mostly for a change of scenery. I also needed to check into the rules for shipping weapons back, and that's the place to do it.

Camp Eggers is about 10% of the size of the market at ISAF. Pretty much the same stuff, though.....

I'm strangely attracted to the fish pottery. Sweetie - what would you think about having some around the house?

ISAF Market

We have a chance to go out to one of two markets on Fridays - either Camp Eggers or ISAF. Camp Eggers is primarily a US base, and the one where my clients are at. ISAF is mostly international. The markets have pretty much the same stuff, but the ISAF market is about six times the size of the one at Camp Eggers.

Today I was at ISAF, so here's some pictures: