First week in Qatar

OK, so we've been here for a week now and I have been desperate to get access to a computer to let everyone know we made it. This is what we have experienced so far:

- It takes 4 days to recover from a time change of 10 hours!!!!!
- When at the mall or other public places people constantly touch Madeleine and Victorias hair. As long as people stay away from my hair I guess I'm fine with it.....and the girls love the attention. We definitely don't blend in with the crowd here!
- Driving a car means having approx. 10 heart attacks during a 15 minute ride.....I just don't know if I'll get used to it but I better.
- Trash is emptied every day here at the villa....and this happens to me at a time where none of my kids are in diapers....grrrr!

We moved into our villa Sunday and are extatic! It's like staying at a luxury resort! The compound has approx. 50 villas and while we were unloading the car the kids found friends and we didn't see them for 3 hours. During dinner they couldn't finish quickly enough to go back outside to play.....great!

We've been spending mornings by the pool which is equipped with a jaccuzzi and more importantly a phone so that we can call the nice guys at the clubhouse and ask them to bring freshly squeezed juices. There is a small restaurant, a great playroom equipped with computers, Wii, toys, pool table and more......the kids already feel comfortable enough to stay there by themselves (well, there are constantly 2 nice men watching them) so I feel like I'm on vacation.

Tomorrow we're visiting the school and Madeleine and Mathias will be taking a placement test to ensure they are starting at the right level. Their first day at school will be Thursday I think......I'll be back then I'm sure!

Greetings to you all - a belated Happy 2010! - and we miss you even if we're having a great time so far!