Here is a summary of our week.
H&N went to Small Talk every day this week. Their teacher's name is Jane, and she has about 2-3 Egyptian assistants who all seem very nice. Wednesday was Splash Day, and their room (Rainbows) had a turn playing in the pools on the roof.
While we have eliminated putting on snow clothes, we have added the task of sunscreen application every day. It is getting hotter every day this week. Yesterday and today are 40 C or 100 F!
It is tough living in hotels and apartments so long. H&N only have the same few toys to play with every day. Hopefully we will get our air shipment this week. Here they are building megastructures with magnatiles:
Joe had more meetings with our potential new landlady about the villa this week. We have compiled our wish list of things to be done to the villa, and she has agreed to do most of them. Verbally agreed, that is. On Sunday there will be another meeting to finalize the wish list in writing and negotiate the rent. Hopefully it works out OK.
Joe had more meetings with our potential new landlady about the villa this week. We have compiled our wish list of things to be done to the villa, and she has agreed to do most of them. Verbally agreed, that is. On Sunday there will be another meeting to finalize the wish list in writing and negotiate the rent. Hopefully it works out OK.Joe and I got lots of errands done this week. I went to Carrefour again and bought a water dispenser so we don't have to use and throw away so many plastic bottles. Things like this can seem like major accomplishments here.
Every place in Maadi will deliver. This week I had McDonald's and Pizza Hut delivery. We also go to neighborhood markets, Kimo and Miriam's, frequently to get food and supplies. They have US brand food at high prices but it's worth it.
BP took our passports last week to work on getting our residency permits. Everything went smoothly. These permits are what we need to get our air shipment delivered and buy the Prado SUV.
On Wednesday I joined some ladies for a brunch at Maadi House. It's a really nice building with grass and pools for use by US embassy folks. One of my tasks is to figure out how to get access to this place. Must make friends with embassy people.
On Thursday Joe went on an all day geology field trip to the desert to see whale bones. It was a 3.5 hour drive each way into the 'real' Egypt. He wants me to mention that the whales had tiny feet.
Other good news: we are finally getting our sleep on track after 10 days!
Here are Nathan and Henry riding a carousel at the Carrefour mall:
3 comments:
I still remember the day we got our water cooler in Moscow...it was quite the feat! Glad you are settling in, can't wait to see photos of your villa!!
Wow congrats on settling in and making progress! It's hard but it'll be worth it! Miss you guys!
YES, YES, make friends with the Embassy people. They have access to such cool things... not to mention they all have such interesting backgrounds. We went to picnics at the Marine's house and it was such a slice of Americana! It was so great to have some non-oil people to pal around with! We still keep in close touch with our embassy friends.
Great stories! Glad you are all settling in well.
GNT was this week... missed you lots!
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