Unfortunately, we do not yet have an internet connection in our new place. Up until this point, we have been using the access in our original apartment, but since we turned in the keys yesterday, we will be offline. Best case scenario: the phone company has us connected in 2 weeks. Worse case scenario: it…
Starting to Look Like a Home
So after a few deliveries and a quick run to Carrefour (European chain that is like Walmart only better food selection and higher prices), our new apartment is slowly starting to look like a home. There is still a ton more we need, but it’s coming along. Besides the huge windows and views, the best…
Room with a View
Today we finally settled on our apartment – hooray!! But it wasn’t all peaches and cream – to say this morning was stressful would be an understatement. Our schedule was jammed packed and there was no room for error. After meeting with our agent, we arrived at the landlord’s office around 8:30am. We needed to…
Brunching like a Local
Back home, brunch is a popular social activity on Sunday mornings – a way to wind down and prepare for the week ahead. In Abu Dhabi, however, brunch is popular on Fridays (which is like their Saturday). And one of the hottest places to have brunch is a place called “Pearls and Caviar”, a waterfront…
Paper, forms and fees, oh my!
The last few days have been all about paperwork. Yesterday, I went to a government office to have copies of our marriage license certified by the UAE. This is very important because the certified license extends Meg’s health insurance coverage to me and allows us to live together (seriously). The UAE takes marriage quite seriously….
Apartment Shenanigans
As it turns out, securing our new apartment was more of an adventure than we anticipated. Things are just done differently here. We expected some differences, but for a country that is vying for a spot as one of the world’s financial hubs, some of these differences were kind of surprising. To begin with, there…
Megan’s Edelman Blog goes live!
It took a little bit longer than expected, but Edelman rolled out blogs for all of the fellows this week. I’m particularly partial the cutie they have in Abu Dhabi. Check it out!! For every 50 page views, we get a free steak dinner. And eventually, when they have a subscribe option to officially follow…
Fumble!
We interrupt your regularly scheduled coverage of Abu Dhabi to bring you this breaking sports news: The Williamsport Vikings edged past the Williamsport Bears by a score of 7-6 in 5th to 8th grade football action last Sunday. Linebacker Kyle O’Ney (our nephew) recovered of a fumble early in the game, which led to the…
Take that, Wind!!
With a little, old American ingenuity, we have a way of letting our clothes dry outside without them getting knocked onto the sand-laden ground….again!. Sometimes it’s the little things in life that bring the most joy…