POOL, PALM TREES AND PARROTS The first thing we did after arriving to our beautiful new home, was jump into the swimming pool. Afterwards, we walked to the school that Thomas and Daniel will be attending and found a playground surrounded by palm trees and parrots! Thomas is quite convinced that this is Paradise.

Sorry Ma'm, your husband cannot get on the plane. That was the disturbing message that we got Monday evening 16/1 after a successful flight from Copenhagen to Brussels, heading on to Abu Dhabi where we had planned a 24 hour stop to stretch legs and enjoy a swimming pool. But that was not going to happen after all… It turned out that there is a political dispute between Canada and the Emirates making Canadians unwanted in Abu Dhabi. Without a visa, Bryan was...