The girls are well settled into the school routine now. They're both making friends and we have the prospect of a playdate for Rosie and a birthday party for each of them to attend before the end of September. Andy and I met lots of our neighbours last night when we attended the monthly resident's drinks party at the bar in the hotel here at Desert Palm. With free flowing beer and wine, the atmosphere was definitely conducive to socialising and it was lovely to meet some people away from the child centered atmosphere of the pool and school environment. It will take time to make friends but we met some lovely people and we were made to feel extremely welcome which reinforced our decision to live here and become a part of this community. Everyone that we spoke to, without exception, loves it here and it was said more than once that this is THE best place in Dubai to live. The driving is getting easier and I'm actually using the map that Andy bought me to find my way around! I'm taking it one journey at a time and slowly but surely getting a feel for the roads and my brain is starting to compute what it must to navigate from the 'wrong' side of the road. Andy continues to be busy at work, but since we are all forced to leave the house very early in the morning (an underyeye bagging 7.00 a.m.!) to make it to school on time, he feels justified in leaving the office earlier and we're seeing much more of him in the evenings. All in all we're doing OK. I figure it takes 6 months to get a feel for a place and for it to start to feel like 'home' so it really is early days yet. Most importantly, we not regretting for one minute our decision to move here; our home is beautiful, the girls' school is outstanding and we're starting to meet some people. Result.
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