It's a good thing I'm really loving this hotel room in Abu Dhabi~
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Loving this Hotel Room
Well, no exciting pictures yet but now that I have my new digital camera they should be appearing soon.
I've really wanted to get this blog started so we'll start somewhere very familiar.... tonight I'm loving this hotel room in Abu Dhabi, it's quiet and even though I'm dreadfully homesick at times... it's feeling a bit like home tonight. I never thought I'd say it but I'm a little tired of shopping, at least for the moment. Part of it is going out into the midday heat... it's really gotten to me a few times, it literally takes my breath away! Even at night, waiting for a taxi to and from the shopping malls, the heat just hits you...
Today was Eid, the holiday that ends the month of fasting known as Ramadan, but for me it was uneventful... I went to the closest mall this morning and finally acquired a cell phone, necessary for all local business... and found some ice cream in the food court. I was able to enjoy it in public during the day, and it seemed as though everyone was a bit shy as well as glad to be out eating, but I'm sure soon it will feel normal again.
All of us new teachers have been given our furniture allowance and everyone has been out buying appliances, furniture and everything else needed to set up our apartments, but some of us don't know exactly where we're moving yet, so it's a waiting game to see and then hopefully have time to get set up before school starts for students on September 11th. The malls are actually fabulous and I've seen some amazing things here, so I think I am going to have the most beautiful apartment on the coast about one and one half to two hours west of Abu Dhabi. At least I hope that's where I'll be... close to my new school and close to the beach... It will be in a little town known as Al Mirfa and even though it will be somewhat remote, I hope to make new friends to have over and visitors who will come to stay on occasion. Also, hopefully I'll be bringing Trixie over here fairly soon as I miss her terriblly!
Making the trip over here is not easy so if you come to visit you'll need to stay awhile to get over the jet lag... I really don't know how people who travel all the time do it! I haven't done any of the touristy things yet but may go on an evening desert safari later this week. I missed the Ramadan special and will need to pay full price but I hear it is quite the experience riding the dunes, etc. I've seen some camels but only on the back of a pick up truck when I went to visit to see where my new school will be... I think once I get settled out there I'll have many chances to get up close and personal to the camels... they're really quite adorable!
So at any rate, I hope that I'll be much more familiar with where things are by the time some of you come and we'll have fun. I can tell you where there is a fabulous place to have your nails done in the Marina Mall near my hotel. I watched back to back episodes of "Friends" while getting the best french manicure ever at the Nail Lounge!
If I sound a bit whiny tonight I guess I'm slightly tired, but believe me, this adventure is just beginning and so far it has been an incredible experience. Just meeting all the other teachers has been great and we all have stories to tell about why we are here!
I've really wanted to get this blog started so we'll start somewhere very familiar.... tonight I'm loving this hotel room in Abu Dhabi, it's quiet and even though I'm dreadfully homesick at times... it's feeling a bit like home tonight. I never thought I'd say it but I'm a little tired of shopping, at least for the moment. Part of it is going out into the midday heat... it's really gotten to me a few times, it literally takes my breath away! Even at night, waiting for a taxi to and from the shopping malls, the heat just hits you...
Today was Eid, the holiday that ends the month of fasting known as Ramadan, but for me it was uneventful... I went to the closest mall this morning and finally acquired a cell phone, necessary for all local business... and found some ice cream in the food court. I was able to enjoy it in public during the day, and it seemed as though everyone was a bit shy as well as glad to be out eating, but I'm sure soon it will feel normal again.
All of us new teachers have been given our furniture allowance and everyone has been out buying appliances, furniture and everything else needed to set up our apartments, but some of us don't know exactly where we're moving yet, so it's a waiting game to see and then hopefully have time to get set up before school starts for students on September 11th. The malls are actually fabulous and I've seen some amazing things here, so I think I am going to have the most beautiful apartment on the coast about one and one half to two hours west of Abu Dhabi. At least I hope that's where I'll be... close to my new school and close to the beach... It will be in a little town known as Al Mirfa and even though it will be somewhat remote, I hope to make new friends to have over and visitors who will come to stay on occasion. Also, hopefully I'll be bringing Trixie over here fairly soon as I miss her terriblly!
Making the trip over here is not easy so if you come to visit you'll need to stay awhile to get over the jet lag... I really don't know how people who travel all the time do it! I haven't done any of the touristy things yet but may go on an evening desert safari later this week. I missed the Ramadan special and will need to pay full price but I hear it is quite the experience riding the dunes, etc. I've seen some camels but only on the back of a pick up truck when I went to visit to see where my new school will be... I think once I get settled out there I'll have many chances to get up close and personal to the camels... they're really quite adorable!
So at any rate, I hope that I'll be much more familiar with where things are by the time some of you come and we'll have fun. I can tell you where there is a fabulous place to have your nails done in the Marina Mall near my hotel. I watched back to back episodes of "Friends" while getting the best french manicure ever at the Nail Lounge!
If I sound a bit whiny tonight I guess I'm slightly tired, but believe me, this adventure is just beginning and so far it has been an incredible experience. Just meeting all the other teachers has been great and we all have stories to tell about why we are here!
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