Kuwait City!

My faithful travel companion/roommate Kelsey and I headed to Kuwait City for a few days just before Christmas.  It was our Christmas getaway!!  People kept asking me what we were going to do in Kuwait....I don't know, just going to check it out see what's going on there!  In the airport I spotted my first public Christmas tree on display!  YAY!  This was on Dec 21.  Saudi Arabia is a strict state controlled muslim country, actually during prayer that is broadcast throughout the city on loudspeakers the Omen was warning against celebrating Christmas, new years, and drinking, all things unapproved by Allah.  At any rate, there was some Christmas spirit on display in Kuwait!  The city was a much less strict version of Saudi Arabia.  We didn't have to wear abayas and men and women were seen out in public together, mostly people were on the conservative side but nothing compared to here.  There is a really long nicely built boardwalk type thing that runs along for about 10miles of the Persian Gulf.  We walked all up and down this to visit the aquarium and famous water towers.  The aquarium was really awesome!  They had boa constrictor, sharks, stingrays, jellyfish, penguins.  There was a huge tank full of all types of fish found in the gulf and we were just in time to see the shark feeding!!! ahhhhh yay!!!!  It was us and 30 little Kuwaiti school children!!!  AHHHH!!  yay!  Also for friday brunch we sat out at the harbor where there were tons of outdoor cafes, tons and tons of people were doing the same thing!  This was very unlike Riyadh!  It was very very nice and liberating to be in the Middle East and have just even the smallest freedoms:  drinking coffee, sitting at a cafe outside amongst the people!