St. Patty's Day

Maya's first St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in Bahrain. We left Friday a.m. and returned late Saturday p.m.

We visited the ORIGINAL Ric's Kountry Kitchen (those of you from Doha will appreciate that...and we had REAL pork & ham!), the malls (nothing spectacular, but the primary attraction in Bahrain), the National Museum (pretty decent, as regional museums go), and the Tree of Life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Life,_Bahrain). We took a VERY scenic route to the Tree of Life and ended up driving through a quarry and oil production fields...very interesting. We don't advise driving through such a place during a dust storm though!! We also had a nice lunch at the Ritz Carlton before we left.



Tree of Life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Life,_Bahrain































A picture of Butters in front of the Manama Post Office (for Grammy Moran)











Visuals of why it's not a good idea to drive through oil production fields in a dust storm....









Also, watch out for oil pipelines as you drive around!









The Grand Mosque









Ric's Kountry Kitchen












Maya taking her morning snooze while we drove to the Tree of Life









Happy St. Patty's Day!!