Liz took the Property section of the Gulf News out today and went villa hunting with Lorna, the first mum she met at the school, who kindly offered to drive her round while I was at work. This has borne fruit as she found the perfect villa for us in Barsha, ten minutes from the school, the marina, ski dubai, mall of the emirates and the beach. We're pushing the paperwork through to get a deposit placed by the company, so fingers crossed it will be our before the furniture (which arrived at port today) clears customs in about a week.
I had a busy day at work preparing for a big tender and arranging a meeting for all the team preparing the outline design that needs to be submitted. I might be flying to Parma Italy on Mon for a meeting with the Contractor.
After I finished we drove out to Barsha to have a look at the villa which looks great and has a big shared pool and gym. Plenty of room for guests to stay too...Fingers crossed it all goes through smoothly.
We went to the marina for tea and had Iftar at the Marina Walk then met again with Lorna and her girls Katie and Heather who played well with our lot. It was a gorgeous setting between the yachts, a computerised display fountain (that the kids all played in until drenched) and amid illuminated palm trees and glittering skyscrapers. Things are definitely looking up. The kids have all picked their activities options at school- Jack is doing snowboarding, tennis and football, Amelia tap dancing and art, Madeleine tennis and art (pottery I think).
I've booked flights to come back to UK for Christmas- hopefully by then Liz and the girls will be happy enough here to make it a temporary stay and return to Dubai!!
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