we went for my belly dancing class Xmas do on Friday- we went for kababs and hummus etc. and then to an arabic disco-very interesting. there weren't many girls-'tho the teacher said there are usually more. The guys were all dancing-a bit like they dance in the film "Monsoon Wedding" with their hands in the air etc. I enjoyed it and we had a little boogie- got home after 5 and I had my belly dancing class at 9- OK you may think, but the dogs anmd cats were soooo happy to see us that they wouldn't let me sleep much-Ahh the joys... 

Here's me trying a vanilla and apple flavoured shisha- rather nice it was too. 

Here's Gabi's daughter Carolina and her son Nil (Niel). How do you do? 

This is Gabi's niece's new baby- Miguel. Say "Hello". 

Last night we went to a show of Egyptian music, singing, dancing and lots of great percussion. the main musician was Khamis Khenkesh. The dancers Mohamed El Sayed (pretty famous in this field) and Munique Meith (Brazilian born but with a dance school in BCN) 

Mohamed did a couple of dances, one with a stick, the other a kind of dervice dance. 

Munique in a kaftan. 

He did a strange kind of "strip tease" and this was the final part. Before this he'd pulled out scarves with the words "peace" and "love" written on them.