Moving On!

After a month at the Ibis Hotel in Abu Dhabi, and still yet to not work- I was moved to the Rotana in Al Ain. Al Ain is the city I will live in. It is the closest housing to my new school, at Al Wagan, cycle one co-ed. It has about 900 students. I will be the first AVP there. Hope I make them proud!

The Ibis was a very nice hotel, but one of the drawbacks was that I had to pay to use the small pool. It wasn't much- about $8 US daily but that adds up. I could take a taxi to the Corniche beach just a cheaply.

The Rotana is a 5 star hotel resort. I am so lucky to be here. I requested it so I would be close to the HoF (head of faculty) and principal at my school, so we could carpool.

I haven't been cleared officially to start work so I am on continued paid vacation until further notice. Loving it!

Below are pictures of my room and from my balcony- yes, balcony! I oversee the massive pool area.

View of the lobby from my room. I am on the "second floor." Here the first floor is called "ground" and goes up from there. So actually I am on the third floor. 

Entry in the hallway of my room

kind of dark but you can see the length of my room

Bathroom, yes that is a bidet. No, I haven't tried it yet!

Two full sized beds. Vacation anyone? 

Hospitality tray upon my arrival. Very nice!

Yes, there is my balcony!

View from my balcony...Loving the pool!

The dome is the entrance to the hotel spa area. Wonderful exercise room and massage area! Underneath the balconies are restaurants. We ate at Trader Vic's. It was wonderful.

View from the right side of my balcony. That is the nightly buffet they are setting up

White chocolate covered strawberries with raspberries. Yum! I shared...though I could have eaten them all!


So far, I haven't ventured around Al Ain much. I did go get a rental car Tuesday. But I have only driven it once.

I may not start at my new school til after the spring break, which is March 27th-April 13th here. We will see!

Keep in touch!