Spring Break

We are in the middle of the school's spring break which lasts for 2 whole weeks. Initially, that sounds great but in reality the kids have got pretty bored already. The thing to do here is to take off for a vacation or a trip home to visit family over the break. We were busy getting settled here at the time we would have had to make travel plans so we missed out on an exciting spring break trip this year. We wanted to take the kids to Atlantis in Dubai over the break but we changed our mind after looking up the prices online. The normal rates are something like tripled during the break. It's not worth $3000/night! When break is over, we will get to hear from friends who have been in: the US, Oman, Paris, Sweden, Egypt and various other places.

Diana, Allison and Katrina got to take a mini-break of their own. The church we attend here planned a retreat for the past weekend in Al Ain. The retreat was for 12-14 year olds and Diana went as one of the chaperones. They were gone from Thursday morning to Saturday afternoon. Al Ain is on the far eastern end of the emirate of Abu Dhabi and borders Oman. It features the only mountain in the emirate, Jebel Hafeet which the girls got to run around after dinner the one evening. Megan and I got to spend the weekend together. Our activities featured time on the beach, splashing in the sea water and lots of time in the pool.

We are looking forward to our next break which is at the end of the school year (at the end of June). We are trying to work in a few days in London on the way home.