We are back! Arrival and Al Sifa beach

We are back! We arrived about a week ago, this time we took plane from Riga via Istanbul to Muscat, flying with Turkish Airlines. The trip was OK, Marie slept the most, Mihkel fell asleep an hour before landing (and Andres had hard time to wake him up) and Märt wanted to close his eyes while landing but I managed to keep him up. We arrived around 7am, our rental car was waiting for us in the airport (to our big positive surprise! Things usually take time here) so that we could drive to our new home at Dolphin Village and catch up sleep. In the afternoon we met my dear German pen pal and her mother and had a nice chat over lunch. I am sure we will meet more during spring since she works here as a travel guide.

The first days have not been too hot, only around 22C and ocean's water felt even chilly to go for a swim, but I am sure it will warm up towards spring (it is winter here as well). At least we have got a heated pool here in the living complex and the boys have been enjoying pool fun on daily bases. Besides enjoying warmth and sunshine our evenings has been filled with shopping, shopping and more shopping. We still have not got all essential furniture either all essential household items. And - we still need to take care of quite some bureaucracy (the information keeps changing daily and we need to face new challenges almost daily).

Yesterday it was a holiday here (Prophet Mohammed's Day), Andres was also off from work and we drove to Al Sifa beach with another Estonian family. A lovely beach surrounded by mountains, some donkeys (who liked to steal food) and locals around. When we have gone to the beach the boys have usually taken the (foot)ball with them and it has not taken long time until some locals have joined the game. No need to find a soccer training to Märt!