Turkish Coffee a La Badr
Vitamin Burst
Sunset LAX Our last port of call before arriving back in Kansas City and putting the RV in mothballs for another 6 months was with some aussies in Omaha Nebraska. Wal and his wife Desleigh invited us to their home for dinner. We met their daughter Cartia and her Saudi Arabian friend, Badr. Another aussie colleague who had worked with Murray in the Embassy in DC was also there with her two daughters. After a delicious meal prepared by our hosts, Badr then treated us all to his native Turkish coffee served in special coffee cups from his own coffee pot and accompanied by plump, sticky dates from the King's crop. It was a most enjoyable evening and we were surprised to note it was midnight when we got back to our RV - the time just flew by - probably helped by a few champagnes with hibiscus flower floats!
Shortly after getting home I checked my phone and noticed I had missed a call from Qantas. They had rung to advise that our flight back to Australia on Thursday had been cancelled and we had to make alternative arrangements. We decided to go back the day before to enable us to meet previously made commitments.
As swine flu as already been rife in Australia and is now hitting the USA, we started taking some extra vitamins a week before our flight, hoping to build up our resistance to any bugs that may be lurking around the aircraft on our 14 hr flight home. It is only 2 hrs until we board our flight, so we will take one more walk around the terminal to get the red blood cells circulating before we settle onto our magic carpet ride home.
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