For the latest photos from Saudi Arabia check HERE. Hopefully the link will open for you. They are photos of life in KAUST, especially the Racquet Club. Sporting facilities are at no cost to those working in the compound!Click on a photo from the above link to scroll to the next one. Or view them all in full screen.
Much of the last couple of days have been spent on community issues, tidying up (because the warm sunny weather encourages you to get out and do stuff) and time with Gordon and Anne Atkin, friends who are visiting from Melbourne.
They are staying at a lovely spot right on Moffat Beach. Their balcony overlooks the suf beach with several restaurants just nearby and endless beach and pathways to go for a walk along.
Over the last couple of days I have put another brew on, vacuumed the pool, cleaned the filter and mowed the lawn! There are some possible showers overnight tonight so I thought it was time to sort things out.Trish's Arts Centre group has a "Lifestyle Expo" on this weekend. As Secretary she has been flat out and never at home the last few days. Having the second car is really handy in this case!
We enjoyed a sensational lunch with Gordon and Anne at Headlands Golf Club on Tuesday. Later we moved on to Mooloolaba Surf Club for a quick look around. The beach view from where we were sitting at the Surf Club enjoying a beer or two is quite sensational as the photo above shows.
And then last night another good mate Anne and I had worked with, Graeme Williamson wandered up from his winter retreat at Tweed Heads to catch up with Gordon and Anne and ourselves. The meal at the nearby Thai restaurant was great value and the night was extremely enjoyable.We relived old times had numerous chuckles over what had been fun times together.
Gordon and Anne head back to Melbourne today after a week or so here at Moffat Beach. They expect to get home to Hallam some time on Friday.
1 comment:
Nope, the Saudi link will not open for me. It says that it is currently unavailable. Maybe it will later. I enjoyed the first batch of pictures showing the fancy house they are living in. Your kids will be living in the lap of luxury except I don't think I could tolerate the restrictions on women. I have some friends here in our town that lived there several years. He was a hospital administrator. But they finally had enough and wanted to get back to hometown living. Of course our climate here gets you ready for it. You mentioned the sunny day making you want to be outside. Here, I am so sick of sunny dry HOT days and just hope I can survive until autumn arrives. Our air conditioner runs practically non stop. We have had temps above 100F (40C) several days. And no rain so our grass and plants are just burning up. I am hibernating indoors until the weather cools off. I go out only for food and church. I check on you often and enjoy seeing you pictures of the pretty places near where you live.
Texas Lou Ann
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