This is an Important Post that has slipped out of the chronological order of things... it was during February that Thomas accepted an offer from an oil company based in Oman, meaning we had some serious planning to do before the start date, which was due to be April 15.
Over the next few weeks we planned, researched, organised, and prepared ourselves to move to Oman. Initially I was a little hesitant until I discovered more about the place... everyone I spoke to who had lived or visited there raved about it. Oman has decided to preserve its history and use that as its tourist attraction, rather than the glitz and glamour of other countries in the Middle East, which appealed to both of us immensely.
However, once we had done all of this the company turned around to Thomas and mentioned that they had been doing some departmental reshuffling, so he would now be working out of Dubai. That really threw us both for six... Dubai?? I read about it and quickly came to the conclusion that it was a very superficial and therefore essentially an uninteresting place. Seriously, I read an article about a woman who had her hair botoxed. Ugh.
Since then, however, we have become really excited about the move and the opportunities Dubai has to offer. We have come to realise it is a place full of diversity, multiculturalism, excitement, and opportunities. And it's a direct flight to Perth and Paris, which is no small benefit! We've discovered that the desert is only a couple of hours' drive out of the city, which we're hoping to escape to when needed to get out of the commercialism of Downtown Dubai, and that with such an international community we are sure to find our niche.
Already I've made contact (through a Mum at the Cascais Mums and Tots) with someone from the Mums and Tots equivalent in Dubai, who has a daughter about Margaux's age and who has insisted I contact her when we arrive. Hooray!
More on this to follow, as I'm sure you can imagine...
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