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There is a rhythm to Dubai which I did not think I would miss. My day there was punctuated by the call to prayer, the Adh\u0101n<\/em>. The muezzin declares that God is great five times a day – the musical recitation travelling through the humid air. Today, in our temporary accommodation in Mountain View, not paying a lot of attention, at the edge of my hearing another sound started coming, approaching through space and for a minute I thought that I could hear the long drawn out “aaaaaaa<\/em>” of Allahu Akbar<\/em>. Instead, it was the deafening Caltrain, on the dot, every fifteen minutes, calling the faithful to the city and from there back to the suburbs. Chug – chug, the machine of industry thunders on. Welcome, to the United States of America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We took a nice long break in Greece before boarding our flight to here. I wanted to avoid having Philip in Dubai while all our belongings were being boxed up and so we went to Athens where he described a painting<\/a> to me at the National Gallery – leaving me equally bemused and smug. “I like the sunlight around the door” he said, when I could only see the corridor beyond. I managed to sneak in some drinks in central Athens, some much needed moments of tenderness, before making the trip to the Greek north and the chaotic exuberance of my uncle’s birthday party. Such are the things Greece is made of for me; nights, songs and an unreliable memory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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