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| Our living room |
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| The entrance to our home from Twam S |
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| Look closely and you will see CAMELS! This is my new commute. |
Since my last post, I have become more settled in the apartment. It has most of the major furniture (still lacking tables and wardrobes), but overall, it is ready for my family to arrive - which they will in two days now. :) We will also be having our first guest, our dear friend, Rich. He's been a friend of ours for more years than I care to admit (yes, I've achieved an age where that becomes a bit prohibitive) and I am so looking forward to seeing faces from home. I've also been placed at a school!!! Yay!
The city of Al Ain is beautiful and I can not wait to begin exploring it now that I've rented a car and Rob & Belle will be here. The biggest difference driving here is the lack of police presence on the road and the vast number of radar controlling devices that really do ticket you. Plus, in my city, there are roundabouts at almost every intersection. I enjoy not having to wait for the lights, but the lane etiquette is still something I am learning.
My school is about an hour away from my city, in a more rural region, which means I get to drive by the big mountain, Jebel Hafeet, every day, and then see camels and orange dusted sand dunes. The orange color is apparently from iron in the sand. The sand is so soft here. It is very fine grained and reminds me of Basin Head, a beach we once visited in Prince Edward Island. I have found a lovely group of ladies to car pool with each morning, which makes the drive a lot more fun.
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| Jebel Hafeet, the Mountain |
1 comment:
Sounds exciting! Good luck Jazz.
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