Our Saudi colleagues were very happy that we were there, and that they could invite us for this meal. It was important to them that we would participate. We had known these people from work, but still, initially, the atmosphere was a bit uncomfortable. We did not know how to behave. But then, after we sat down, and meat was passed around, it became real interesting. We talked and relaxed. My mate also sat down and afterwards he said he enjoyed it very much. The English vocabulary of those people was quite limited, so we had to talk “which hands and feet”. Even so, we were chatting about work , what kind of rice this was, and what was in the rice. It was typical Saudi rice with raisins and the taste was quite fantastic. We could not talk much, the language barrier was just there. But then we picked up a few bits of Arabic, and the next morning we could say “good morning” in Arabic. Everyday a word more, they had immense joy hearing us speak Arabic.