Kuwait

I’m still going strong on my quest to visit a new country every year – so when my girlfriend asked me if I wanted to accompany her on a combined work/mini-holiday-trip to Kuwait, I was intrigued. Obviously mostly at getting to spend a week together a bit away from the daily bustle in Zürich, but also about seeing a part of the world that I’d never visited before.

So – off we went! Going in early April, the weather was pleasantly warm – 20-25C, with quite a bit of sun – a welcome change from the still somewhat unpredictable Swiss spring weather. My girlfriend had a concert to play on our second day there, so the first two days were mostly spent relaxing at the pool, and rehearsing. Our contact in Kuwait (who was also playing in the concert) was a great host, and both made sure that everything went smoothly, and that we got to see a few sights afterwards also.

The concert went really well (to the point where they ended up with a big picture of them on the front page of one of the local newspapers!), and with that well over, we could focus a bit more on the sight-seeing part. This included the iconic Kuwait Towers (designed by a fellow Dane), the bustling Arab market, the first performance of a jazz-gospel-opera, and a visit to the impressive Al-Hashemi-II – the worlds largest dhow (a traditional Arab type of ship) – which was placed in a dry-dock right next to the hotel we were staying at, and currently housed a just-as-impressive ballroom.

All in all, Kuwait was definitely an interesting place to experience, even though much of our time was spent relaxing at the pool-side with delicious lemon-mint lemonades ;) (…and obviously also taking pictures!)

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