Week One in Muscat

Hi again - time for a new blog seeing as we are on a new adventure.  I thought it would be nice for people to see what we are getting up to and don't want to clogg up facebook.  It is also very therapeutic to write a log - so I found out when we did it for our adventure in Belgium.  The above pic was just taken when we left Belgium - the crazy Frenchies threw a bon voyage party for us.  We will miss our friends in Belgium a lot actually but here we are - so making the best of a new adventure.

Been here just one week now and still trying to get everything sorted.  We packed up our things in Belgium early this month and it is now on a slow ship to Muscat.  We have been told it will arrive mid December - so now it is just a waiting game.  At that time I will be in the field and Mik will be on his way to NZ so it will be a bit of a juggle to actually recieve it then.  The house is kinda empty but my good friend Ronaye arranged a bedroom suite for us so we could at least have something to sleep on when we got here.  Frodo and Forrest travelled well and are adjusting to their new home.  The place was a mess when we arrived so have spent some time cleaning.  It is a huge house and the dust seems to get in the tiniest of cracks so am frantically interviewing for a house maid.  We really need someone in the house also to look after our babies, so that Mik has more flexibility for his work when I am not here to support.  Lots of things on the list to do before I go back to the field; broadband internet, car, maid, liquor license ;-)  we got ourselves a fridge and microwave and a few kitchen things so we can at least eat in now.  A collegue of mine helped us out tremendously with some red wine stocks so we all good there.

Lots to tell, did some walking on the beach on the weekend (early in the morning as after 9 it is too hot for the boys) - had our first run in with a scorpion.  Got some furniture arriving soon so better sign off.  More to follow and some pics of our house.