Goat

We are now back in Muscat, and after 8 days in Nizwa I think I am ready to be back. Not that I didn’t enjoy myself, but I am just ready for the comforts of Muscat once more. Hmm, yesterday we went to our Arabic teacher’s (Sultan) family farm for the evening- they had slaughtered a goat for us earlier in the day and we had it and Omani bread for dinner. The food was good, but the highlight was when Sultan opened the scull using the jawbone and then several of us ate pieces of the brain. It actally didn’t taste bad, but the texture was almost to an overwhelming degree.Being on the farm was really nice though- they had cown, goats, and a pregnant camel! It made a little more sense to me maintaining all this livestock when we found out that at Sultan’s wedding they invited the whole village and for the feast, slaughtered 20 goats, 4 cows and two camels, just imagine! The stars and the company was the highlight of the night though; constellations, airplanes, satellites and 3 shooting stars are a combination that always add up to a great evening.