One of the best holidays I've shared with Pam and Ken Turner was to spend Christmas in Amman, Jordan with Midnight Mass at Mt Nebo in a Franciscan Church built on the spot overlooking thte Jordan Valley where Moses saw the Promised Land. And then to get to Damascus in Syria for New Year's Eve was terrific.
Our stay in Syria draws to a close on New Year’s Eve. We’re off early in the morning for Dubai and really want a simple drink and a sandwich. No such luck – The Four Seasons has been transformed for ‘party time’ and only six-course dinners in all their food outlets. Of course we succumb and end up in red or black top hats with a glamour crowd, but not blowing paper whistles. The patrons in the Four Seasons on such a night are living in a parallel world – a glamourous one, while the average Syrian family still observes New Year’s Eve enjoying special food and warm celebration in the home.
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