Revisiting the Magical Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia)

As many of you know, Matt and I met in Saudi Arabia at grad school. In January, we had the opportunity to go back to KAUST and speak to students about Jibu, the company we work with here in Rwanda. People showed a lot of interest in Jibu and the work that we're doing in East Africa, which was encouraging. We also had such a wonderful time reminiscing about our friendship during the semester we were at KAUST together and reconnecting with some old friends. Here are some pictures from our trip.

 

This is the KAUST beacon. I always loved how beautiful it was when it was lit up at night.

Another one of my favorite spots on campus, shallow 

pools that always caught the sunset just right!

We spent hours riding bikes around campus, which has drastically
grown in the past 4 years since we've been there.

We went by the entrance to my old apartment and our favorite bridge. Matt's old apartment is under construction in the background. So many good memories in both of these places!

We took a sunset cruise on a very fancy yacht and got a beautiful view of campus. I miss the Red Sea! I used to see eagle rays flapping their wings in the harbor on my walk home from classes.

We got to leave campus and eat some pretty scary looking fish
 with our hands at a restaurant right on the Red Sea.
Very fresh seafood, DELICIOUS!

In more recent news, we have been in Uganda for the past week and this is a picture of all the color and chaos that happens right outside our office every Friday here.

And THIS happened before we left....

Bella (with a little help from Foxy) knocked her freshly cooked dog food off the counter and ate an entire 5 days worth of food.

Does she look guilty or what

and just in case you were missing this cutie...