I expect to find that these two cities and the surrounding country significantly different.  I leave tomorrow night (Friday July 26) to Dubai for the weekend and then onto Vienna.  there I will present at a conference – on the final day of a four day conference, thankfully it is before lunch.

This week has been a challenge, getting sixty undergraduate assignments read and graded, finishing off my presentation for the conference, packing and all those little last minute thing you have to do before travelling.  I will update my blog and this link regularly.