After Graduation, I drove from California to Colorado by myself, while Anne and Mary flew to Austin to visit friends, and then met me in Colorado for the 4th of July at Claire and Chris's. After that it was a drive to Mom's house and then a wait for our visas. We were initially supposed to depart the States on the 20th of July, however the Kuwaiti Embassy didn't get our visas to us until about 10 days after that. So, we took advantage of the time at Mom's and spent some time in St Louis, spent alot of time with Julie and Adam, and watched the corn grow about two feet.
Our flight to Kuwait City was thankfully un-eventful, we were met at the airport by my future colleagues, and driven to our home. And what a home it is. Though small by Kuwaiti standards, it is enormous to us. 5 bathrooms, three stories, four living rooms, and a housekeeper suite. We were even provided with furniture from the embassy until ours arrives in a couple more weeks.
What can I say about Kuwait, well, its hot obviously, the Kuwaitis drive very fast and very aggressively, American brands are very popular here, as an example, we live next to a restaurant complex which is under construction, and the three restaurants whose signs are up include Red Lobster, Olive Garden and Texas Roadhouse. It was interesting to arrive during Ramadan, and during the time when the Embassy was closed for a security threat.
We have enrolled Anne in a brand new school which is currently under construction and therefore will be running only grades K-5 this year, it is rumored to be a pet project of one of the daughters of the Kuwaiti Emir, and therefore the facilities are very modern, and no expense has been spared in terms of technology, and curricula.
As we are waiting for our household goods and our vehicle, we are planning to travel a bit in the region. So as I write this we are waiting for midnight, at which point an embassy vehicle will come pick us up and take us to the airport for a flight to Morocco. So, I'll sign off here, and our next update will be from North Africa.
