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Day 5 in the Kingdom - Dag 5 i Kungariket

Smoking. Such an annoying habit and so 20th century... Seems to me that 90% of the local (male) population smokes. Annoying. Thanks for letting me vent.

In other news - it seems like we have found a place to stay and we are moving in tomorrow if all goes as planned.

Jag har lovat att jag kommer att koncentrera mej på fördelarna med att bo i detta landet och försöka ignorera nackdelarna så gott det går. Men jag måst bara påpeka att jag börjar känna mej som en rökt böckling. I dethär landet existerar nämligen inga begränsningar på var folk röker. Så medan jag sitter i hotelllobbyn och njuter av min capuccino så störs idyllen garanterat inom 30 sekunder av att någon i grannbordet bestämmer sej för att futta eld på cigaretten. Störande, tack för att ni lyssnade läste.

Saker och ting har börjat hända på bostadsfronten, om allt går som planerat så flyttar vi in imorgon!

Land of the Sand

Turku in summer
Image courtesy of Turku Touring

Day 4 in the Kingdom - Dag 4 i Kungariket
 
I got some comments on my previous blog from a few friends, such as "If you squint really hard it looks like Turku" :) For those of you who don't know, Turku was my home town of 10+ years.

To give you some more ideas of where I am I can tell you that:
- the cars are driving on the right side of the road (literally)
- the weather is a "balmy" 35 degrees. I say balmy because it is the start of spring over here...
- in order to survive over here you have to let go of common sense as defined by Western culture :)
- the meals are super sized
- writing goes from the right to the left and it is hard to understand any of it!

As some of you might have guessed, I am in the Middle East in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be more exact! As a country it is not completely new to me as I have visited twice before when visiting my husband's family.  For my husband this country is home as he knows it, he was born here and lived here for most of his life prior to moving to Australia.

For me this is an exciting adventure and I know that things in our new home country (?) will not always be easy. But I am determined to make the most of it! I will definitely be sharing a lot of my experiences with you, taking some photos along the way!

Take care all, I'll be back again soon!

We have moved

Day 3 in the Kingdom - Dag 3 i Kungariket

In my last post I told you that I have been working on a project. The nature of the project: moving house. But, not only did we move from one apartment, we have also moved to another country!

After nearly six years it was time to say goodbye to Australia and take on a new challenge. So where in the world am I? Ill give you a little visual hint.

The view from our hotel room window

Orsaken till att det har varit så hektiskt på sistone är att vi har flyttat. Vi har inte bara flyttat från en lägenhet till en annan. Nejnej, flyttar man så ska man göra det redigt. Vi har nämligen lämnat Australien och flyttat till ett annat land! Ni kan ju försöka gissa var i världen jag befinner mej nu, bilden ovan får vara den enda ledtråden.