1. Took the free shuttle to Matajer shopping center tonight for the last time, not really to buy groceries (why buy groceries 24 hours before departure?), but to visit the place one last time. En route the shuttle driver, a kind Indian man, asked, "Where's Madame tonight?"
2. Got a man'oushe with soujuk (a spicy sausage that's popular in Armenia and parts of Lebanon, but is often on menus at man'oushe stands all over the region) and cheese at the bakery there. The woman at the cash register asked, "Where's Madame tonight?" Only took a couple months to become "regulars" at the closest bakery. I told her Nicole's already in the U.S. and that I'm joining her tomorrow. "Going on holiday?" she asked. I was really sad explaining to her that the U.S. is home. She was, too, and I don't think it's just because she's losing a loyal customer.
3. A gaggle of Catholic nuns was walking around the shopping center. I'm kicking myself for not introducing myself, because now I'm wondering what in the world a group of nuns was doing in Sharjah. Nuns rarely go on holiday, what with the vow of poverty, and nobody really goes on holiday here in June. There are a couple Christian churches in Sharjah, and ex-pats are free to worship as they please (the sheikh even donated a bunch of land on which to build churches for us, which was a pretty cool thing to do actually), BUT...proselytizing is very illegal.
4. Earlier, my friend Hamada and his family took me out to lunch in al qasbah neighborhood for some great Lebanese food (Shababeek restaurant) and company. A nice farewell lunch with a great new friend.
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