So, today, (Thursday), being that the "winter" here is a breezy, sunny, 75ish degrees, Tristan and I headed to the pool at 9:30am. Wow! What a pool - here are a few pictures from the day. Tristan seems to be over the jetlag as he slept until 7am, so he took his usual 2 hr nap today. Thierry and I then went with the Director of HR to a few places to look for potential living villas as well as visited the apartment - we looked at a HUGE place today, called, "The Beverly Hills 2," with a private pool and fitness facility - it had 4 bedrooms, four bath, maids' quarters with a private bath and a huge kitchen - the only problem was it was a bit far from the hotel and there was absolutely NO grass anywhere - all white concrete - sterile, to say the least. The second place we looked at was so much cooler - again, another "compound-like" place (private entrance and enclosed by a large "wall of doha,") with a shared pool, restaurant and fitness area, but the type of place that both Thierry and I agree upon, as it is much more "community-like." The apartment, although, NOT like the Ritz-Carlton accommodations I am becoming accustomed to : ), is relatively close to the hotel and near lots o' shopping. (which should be fun : ). We will move in next week. There are no "baby seat" laws here and we experienced some pretty crazy drivers today. And the Dir of HR told us today that there are 7000 buildings currently under construction. We will rent a car when we move into the apartment and buy a car when we move into our permanent accomodations - apparently, they are quite inexpensive and a gallon of gas costs less than $.60! Today is the last day of Eid and tomorrow (Friday), begins the weekend. So Sunday here is like Monday everywhere else.
1 comment:
put some sunblock on that boy!
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