I am an American woman. I met my husband more than 30 years ago when we were both college students in Arizona. So after all that time in the states, my hubby desired to move back to his native home of Saudi Arabia. I've been in Jeddah now since October 2007. My new home is amazing: interesting, fascinating, and colorful. The people are warm, courteous and as interested in me as I am in them, however they highly regard their privacy. My camera goes with me every time I step out the door - I don't want to miss a thing!
Please be sure to also visit my other blog,
SUSIE'S BIG ADVENTURE, which relates my experiences, observations, and thoughts about living in Saudi Arabia.
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The green colors are Saudi flag similar and muslim minaret complimentary. It looks like a very small coffee drive up stand? Are there lots of tea and coffee shops in Jeddah? Which is more popular, tea or coffee?
There are many small drive up coffee stands like this one everywhere. They are very popular. When you go into Saudi homes, tea is always served, and I would say that most people drink tea. Coffee might be the more popular drink amongst the ex-pat work force.
i think coffee is more popular. but you know Arbic Coffee.
people get headaches if they don’t drink it.
Crazy, i know.
The headaches are from caffeine withdrawal. If it is too long after your last coffee you will start to get a caffeine withdrawal headache, which makes you want to drink another, etc. Tea has about 1/2 the caffeine as coffee but still has the same effect, though not so marked. If anyone wants to stop caffeine completely they can deal with the headache with alot of fluids, and regular headache medication. There is of course caffeine in cola and chocolate, and even in Fanta orange drink.
I don’t know about Saudi but in Morocco the tea/coffee split seems about even, usually depending on the time of day, and on the person.