It's been a while! We've been busy on vacation back in France then back to Kuwait to move from our three-bedroom apartment to (finally) a house!
You know you live in a house in the Middle East when:
- your house is 800 square metres (that's about 8000 square feet);
- there is a room just for the driver (and it is possible that you even have a driver);
- there is a third floor (second floor in European parlance);
- there are two of everything: two kitchens, two living rooms, two dining rooms...except for bedrooms - of which there are at least four (not including the maid's bedroom), and toilets - of which you have lost count;
- your master bedroom is, in fact, a suite, complete with sitting room, walk-in dressing room, and bathroom;
- the grocery store is a theoretical ten-minute walk from your house but it's literally not possible to get there by foot;
- there are eight similar houses on your little street, and about fifty cars, motorbikes, and vans;
- notwithstanding the presence of eight other gigantic houses on your street and many many automobiles of all sorts, you have never met nor even seen any of your neighbours - ever;
- your kids ride their bikes inside; and
- there are 100+ channels on your Nilesat television satellite system, of which there are five in a language that you understand.
You know you live in a house in the Middle East when:
- your house is 800 square metres (that's about 8000 square feet);
- there is a room just for the driver (and it is possible that you even have a driver);
- there is a third floor (second floor in European parlance);
- there are two of everything: two kitchens, two living rooms, two dining rooms...except for bedrooms - of which there are at least four (not including the maid's bedroom), and toilets - of which you have lost count;
Dining room No. 1
Dining room No. 2 (well, part of it - the table seats 12)
- there is a swimming pool next to one of the living rooms - enclosed in glass;
- your master bedroom is, in fact, a suite, complete with sitting room, walk-in dressing room, and bathroom;
- there are eight similar houses on your little street, and about fifty cars, motorbikes, and vans;
- notwithstanding the presence of eight other gigantic houses on your street and many many automobiles of all sorts, you have never met nor even seen any of your neighbours - ever;
- your kids ride their bikes inside; and
- there are 100+ channels on your Nilesat television satellite system, of which there are five in a language that you understand.
