The Twins Travel

I know...strawberry picking in Kuwait - who'd've thunk it. BUT, it's not like strawberry picking in the US where they hand you a bucket and you go to town.    This is easy strawberry picking. No bending over and digging into the plants for strawberries. They plant the strawberries in vertical planters and you have to use scissors to cut the strawberries. Strategizing Yummy strawberries! I went with a friend and her kids and last year she was told it's because if you touch the berries, they'll stop growing. I think it's because they're planted so shallow (shallowly?) that if people yank on the plants a lot, they'll pull them out of the planters. Either way, they hand you a small container and a pair of kid's scissors and you cut the strawberries into the container without touching the berries. Yes, we did try a few - they're delicious. In addition to the strawberry picking they have a couple of money sucking areas for the k...

I have to say, I'm very glad this was an organized trip on a bus and I didn't drive, because it would really not have been worth it. The ride is about an hour - the farm is only a few miles from the Saudi Arabia border - and there is very little to see once you leave Kuwait City. I was amazed by three things - the camel herds (cool), the amount of tent cities (workers, I guess), and the amount of trash in the desert (not cool). From the description on the website, I was expecting an in-depth farm tour - how they grow produce in the middle of the desert - that kind of thing. Once we arrived, we loaded up in a golf cart, the driver said, "This is potato." Pointed at a field. "This is lettuce." Pointed at another field. We drove through an open sided barn with milk cows in it, and were dropped off at a kind of petting zoo place. The kids loved this part, I will say that. They got to pet and feed the goats; Harper rode a donkey, they got to see camels u...