Thursday, 7 March 2013

Six months in...





Do you miss Sydney?


Has it been easy to make friends?



What's the worst part of living in Dubai?

  • Being far away from the people you love. 

What are the best parts of living in Dubai?

  • Living in a place where I feel really safe.
  • Living near the water, that's always special. 
  • Discovering the beauty of the desert.



  1. beautiful and inciteful reflection rinno! All of them could be the start of an amazing story/memoir... xx

  2. Your post has made me even more excited to be visiting in just over a week! Shisha. That's on my list too. xxx

  3. Great post! I have to say the worst thing about expatting is the people leaving. Luckily Facebook really helps keep in touch... I think I chat more frequently with my friends from Ukraine who I haven't seen for 3 years than I do with friends from Australia!

    It's interesting what you say about Sydney. I always thought we would return there one day (I am from Gosford and have family on the Central coast with some in Sydney also, only my parents and two siblings live in Brisbane), but after years away first in Ukraine and then the NT, we returned for a holiday and I couldn't stand it. I mean, I loved the restaurants, cafes, etc, but hated the traffic and the rudeness of the people. And for a seemingly international city, how insular and introspective it seemed. (I hope I don't offend any Sydneysiders - just my observations!) Take care xx

    1. Sydney will always be 'home' whether I live there again or not. Sydney traffic is a drag. x

  4. Your positives just dwarf your negatives, Corinne. How brilliant is that! I can't believe it's only been six months since you landed. Just look at all you've achieved!! x

    1. Yes, the goods definitely outweigh the bads, so it can't be bad! x

  5. Carol lovely - have said this a while ago and will keep saying it ... What you and Team Draper have done, picking up the family and your local life and not just moving suburbs but moving to the other side of the world is incredible ...
    Alot of people only dream about you guys are actually doing and achieving!! And frigg me lovely, imagine the stories that the little ones are going to be telling for the rest of their lives and how much it will influence on who they are going to be

  6. Love this post Corinne.
    When your family and friends send care packages over, what's the one thing you ask them to send or bring with them that you can't get in Dubai?

    1. Hi Nat! One thing that we can't get, that my kids love, are Vita-Weets. So family always brings a box with them. We can get pretty much anything else that we like on a daily basis - Vegemite, Milo (although it tastes a bit different), Tim Tams, etc. The kids also miss Weet Bix, we can get English Weetabix, but they taste a bit different. I do miss the odd Cherry Ripe every now and then. I think living in a large expat community we're lucky to get most Aussie products. x



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