Congratulations

Matt: Andreas and Ruta have become, Mr. and Mrs. Vocale. Congratulations guys. It was a really small wedding here in Dubai as the main wedding will be held in Italy next year. They both looked really great and really happy! It was a real honour to be there.

In other news, I've been managing to make the most of the weekends, took a trip to Musandam last weekend, it was a 6 nations trip (Croatia, Germany, Switzerland, US, Canada and Britain)..We camped out on the beach amongst the fjords and the following day took a Dhow trip, which was very chilled. The scenery up there is really impressive, high jagged cliffs, still blue seas - amazing!! I was invited on this trip by Angelica (The Croatian of the 6) who I met the week before through a mutual friend. We had a really good time, saw Dolphins, Shooting Stars and got repeatedly stung by Jellyfish and sang songs round the camp fire, all ideal :)


Also that weekend, we did a little dune bashing and had a couple of BBQs. Overall it was a very social weekend, with a little stress and work thrown into the mix too. This past weekend involved, the 2007 Ultimate Frisbee Charity Tournament, which nearly killed my shins. We had a good team and ended up getting 3rd place - close guys, next year!!! and if that wasn't enough leg exercise for one weekend I then went on a 6 hour, tough hike on the Saturday. This was another, 6 nations trip (Croatia, US, France, South Africa, Lebanon, Britain), with only myself and the lovely Angelica having been on the previous trip. I really enjoy spending time with different nationalities - it's too easy to gravitate towards your own people whilst away from home. It's amazing how different peoples lives have been to your own and you can learn so much from them. It goes to show what a cosmopolitan city Dubai really is, it's a mixing pot and that's a good thing.