Thursday, August 5 , 2010

We discovered last night that although the house has dark tented windows, (which keep the sun out durning the day), at night you can see straight through them! Dubai has extremely strict laws regarding nudity in any form. Today I ordered curtains for the entire house. Our office gave me the name and number of a company who would come and measure all the windows, then make the curtains. To my surprise I called and within two hours they came to the house with two workers who measured every window.

Most windows in the house are from floor to ceiling which is about 4 meters. I was promised the curtains for the master bed room would be finished on Monday. I will keep my fingers crossed. 

The total cost quoted is equal to what we would pay in Norway for one set. There are 13 sets in the house. I can´t wait to see if this actually works out.

Today I ventured out to buy groceries and was pleased to find that everything is about 50% cheaper than what we pay in Norway. Also quality of freshness was wonderful.

Weather is great, however my mind set is still in Norway. I keep waiting for the clouds, rain, and cold. So nice it never comes! Sunny and hot all day. Temperature reached 55C, still loving it! Also it is rather nice to see the sun go down in the afternoons before 20:00.

Welcome to Dubai,

Inshallah till tomorrow