A student of mine works in the ports for AT&T repairing phones… I think, but she told me that an aircraft carrier was in, and if I wanted to get a tour now would be a great time. So she contacted the USO and then told me to contact a person there. Two days later I’m touring the ship.

So I don’t know what I enjoyed more, just being around all those Americans, or seeing the ship. Both were great, but I have to admit, on my way back to town I started to feel a little homesick for America. This was the first time since I’ve lived in Dubai that I can honestly say that I wished I was there.

So anyway, the carrier is in port for a few days and I took the opportunity to see what it was like. The USS Eisenhower is probably one of the older carriers in commission, but it was so cool to actually be on it, to walk through the passages, to go up into the tower, and mingle around the aircraft on deck. It’s one of those things that I should have had in my goals page here on the web site. I mean I was so excited to see it I was pretty much just grinning the whole time.