Al Reef

We have been in our house, or villa as its called here a week now. So far, its lovely. Providing you just ignore the mouse nest in the back garden, or more accurately sand pit.

It has been a very hard week for Bert with work. He has had staff problems since the day we arrived. I was left to deal with the move alone.

Houses here are rented as empty shells. No cooker, no curtains, no light fittings so I feel like I have spent the week with half the population of the subcontinent traipsing through the house.

We finally got the pool filled and I spent the day waiting for the pool guy to come and do whatever pool guys do. We had to wait 24 hours after he did his bit before we could swim. Well if ever there was an anticlimax this was one. Its hot here, a pool is a fabulous luxury. But I don't want to have to break the ice on the surface before I get wet. I don't know what he had set the temperature for but it was cold. So another 24 hours, several phone calls and visits from more workers we finally had a pool that we can use.

Oh poor neglected blog, friends and family

I finally found the link to my blog, eventually found the enthusiasm to log in and beg for everyones forgiveness. Yes we are alive and well, yes we are still here but life just got very hectic.

I am so far behind I will just fill you in on some news and I shall try and catch up with more photos once we move again

Yes you read that right, we are moving again. We have decided to move back to Abu Dhabi, to a devolopment called Al Reef. It is behind the airport, across the freeway from Al Reef Palace, I'm sure you will be able to tell our house from the Palace easily.

It will be 15 minutes drive from home to Berts work, which is great. But there is nothing much out there, which is bad. Where we live now I have everything on our doorstep, I am a little nervous about the move into the desert.

We have had visitors, our lovely friend Nessie Millar visited us for a weekend on her way to Scotland, and a few months back Marian Watson stayed with us on her way to and home from her trip to Europe. Paul and Jacqui also spent ten days here with us on their way home from an around the world backpacking trip

We have just returned from a short trip to Germany to see the Passion Play at Oberammagau. It was just amazing. I've always loved history but Oberammagau and the Passion play takes history to a whole new level. We both loved it and had an amazing time. (more on this later

I will be back soon, I need to keep packing