The biggest challenge a girl can have when relocating to a north africa/middle eastern metropolis is not housing, or road traffic or jippy bellies its finding a hairdresser she can trust. T took up the recommendation from a well coiffed friend and visited mohummed adbul karim el mohammedani, aka "Jimmy" in Maadi. Jimmy came highly recommended, been in business for 30yrs, spoke good english and was a friendly little chap by all accounts so T took the plunge. Colour and a cut was deemed a success and not radically different as the boys did not say the statutory "your new hair looks nice mum" which they have been taught to do like Pavlovs dogs when T arrives home with new "do". P was particularly impressed, more by the fact it cost approx 17,50 english pounds, a major saving on the Dutch prices.
This morning we finally visited the house we are moving into for a look see to check on progress (not much) and to see what/how much furniture we are going to need. House was pretty much as we remember it, nice wooden floors plenty of space (too much), great garden where the boys are already planning the fun amenities also Banana tree including bananas. Should be ready 1st November, which in Egypt means anything from 1st November to Christmas, but in all likelyhood looking at the week after the 1st, Inshallah.
Now when we went to school, the trips we looked forward to were to places like Colchester Zoo, Eastern Farm Park, Lowestoft and if we were lucky London. Young T has brought home the list of the proposed trips this year and they are: Skiing Switzerland, West End London, Trekking in Uganda and surf and Safari in Kenya!! Blimey, he is seeing where his mates are going but looks likely he will be off to Nairobi in Feb - lucky little.........
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