The end is a new beginning, and there is no exception to this place. Though I did not hear the weeping Tigres so close, I felt it very much. Though the prestigious remains of #Babiloniawere looted and showcased across the Atlantic, I walked on the soils where they once stood, and I dined with the very people who shared the bloodlines of Mesopotamians. And, I paid my bills with the Iraqui dinar that was once superior to the United States dollar and slipped downhill after the US invasion of #Iraq. And, in 12 weeks, I gained 6 kilos; this is the secret to that- food that you can't resist and the conversations that don't allow you to leave the table. However, the world spins, time runs, and the #Russianaggression in #Ukraine continues to reshape the world of everyone. This is not a goodbye; See you, IRAQ. Thanks for hosting me in the warm hearts of your people in its coldest winter in four decades.