We had another beautiful weekend. Like Jacqui says, our Fridays are perfect! We get up, tidy up a bit before the cleaning lady comes in (for 6 OMR - less than $ 18 CAD) and we go to the gym - our routine for the last two weeks! Then we go for a long walk on the beach; it feels like when most of you take that one week to Mexico in March, except it's all the time, every week! Then we go for lunch at a beachside restaurant, before going back to the Crowne Plaza to spend the rest of the afternoon by the pool. And we think about Buffalo with their 10 feet of snow, and don't really miss it that much!!
Saturday morning was our Christmas shopping time. We went to the Mutrah souk (the old souk in Muscat) and bought a few things for Christmas. It was very nice. We walked around quite a bit, not knowing where we were or were going for most of the time! But we eventually found our way out! The rest of the day was a business day. I worked on exams and Jacqui went shopping for most of the afternoon. All of our exams have to be approved by the Ministry of Education; can you imagine such a task in Ontario? It would be nuts! But that is the way it is in Oman, so our exams have to be ready way before they are administered to students.
Sunday was back to work, the start of a three day week! In the evening, we went to the Opera House to see a show about flamenco dancing. It was pretty cool, but the place is so amazing, it's worth going just to see it, We got upgraded from the 3rd balcony to the main floor, which was kind of nice, We had a very nice evening!
Monday was just an ordinary day at work. It is so weird to think that we will have done more than "half" of our work week and most of you will not have started yours! Then it's one more sleep (Monday night) and we're off to India, as we are leaving early Wednesday morning (2 am) - it seems that all the flights that we take from the Middle East leave in the middle of the night! We are really looking forward to this trip. Seeing the Taj Mahal will surely be a highlight of it.
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| Putting on a massar (muzzar?) |
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| Final product, with my new friend! |
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| Going into the Opera House - it is a marble floor and it shines like an ice rink! |
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| The side entrances to the "shops" at the Royal Opera House Muscat |
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| Inside the ROHM |
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| The first, second and third balcony, where we were supposed to sit. |
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| We were there! |
Looking good Richard!
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