Hello Everyone!
I have so much to tell you already I dont know where to begin! Well.. let's start with the flight/ flights out here. Of course, the Gillette airport would only let me take two checked bags, so I had quite the time deciding what the essentials in life were. That flight was bumpy and really squeezed in tight. Then, I got to Denver and exchanged some money into euros for the Frankfurt Airport. This was a 9 in a half hour flight or so. I actually found out later that a family of four that were coming here for AIS as well were on the same flight, and even from Wyoming, too. It really is a small, small world!
Speaking of small words, some friends of my parents found out about two days before I left that they knew someone who taught at the exact same school I am at for five years! She came over to my house the night before I left and showed me pictures and talked with us which made me even more excited. I was so happy that I got to meet her and talk to her.
When we got to Kuwait... which was a good 5 hour flight from Frankfurt, everything was awesome. There was a lot of my staff on the same flight and we just kind of went through the motions together. One thing though, I wasn't sure about my luggage. I didn't know if it would make it and in one piece, but everything worked out really well. I met so many awesome people on the flight and in the airport too.
Me, and five other people were the lucky ones who got to experience what they call a "Kuwaiti Moment" right away. The building that we are going to live in is not "ready" yet haha, so we are staying at the Hyatt until... question mark? lol.. maybe a couple days.. maybe a month, who knows. It's just a go with the flow world over here.
We got in to our hotel and waited until 3 am or so to get all of our baggage and then started around 8:30 this morning. I felt pretty good functioning off of 4 hours of sleep, until the afternoon. Boy, did jet lag hit me and I am so happy I was able to squeeze a nap in. We got to tour the school today, and I am so excited.. it's really huge and really nice. A lot of it is under construction still and theres wires and random things all over, but it's nice. Everyone is so supportive and I feel like I will always get my questions answered and have people to talk to. I can't wait to meet my students!
Sometimes I will just watch out side my window.. the traffic here is crazy! There are no rules, really. No stop signs.. if people don't feel like turning their lights on then they drive around with no lights. That's just how it is here. A vehicle stopped in the middle of the freeway near the exit ramp.. just chilled there for a while haha.
I have heard pretty good things about the apartment buildings.. there are 5 buildings that at least the new staff are living in (not the whole building is occupied by new staff.) Us hotel people will be in building 6, which will be brand new, so really I can't complain. Tomorrow, we will try to take a walk by the gulf, since we have some time in the afternoon.
I have been thoroughly fascinated by the culture here so far. There will be people from wearing a tank top and shorts to being completely covered. There will be women who have everything covered.. even their hands and be driving in fancy cars like mercedes, etc.
The food has been fantastic.. even the rice and lamb on the plane was excellent. Oh! A couple more things.. the heat.. it really is like walking into what it feels like when you open your oven. It's sort of unreal. Also, the dust is everywhere. Absolutely everywhere. We were walking to eat dinner, and some of the cars that were parked had a nice build up of dust on their cars.. you couldn't even tell what color the vehicle was. Another thing.. if you have ever heard that there are cats galore here.. it's true! They lurk behind trash dumpsters and truly are everywhere.
I am sorry that I don't have pictures yet.. just trying to take it all in. I will post some soon though!
Until Then,
Tiffany
I have so much to tell you already I dont know where to begin! Well.. let's start with the flight/ flights out here. Of course, the Gillette airport would only let me take two checked bags, so I had quite the time deciding what the essentials in life were. That flight was bumpy and really squeezed in tight. Then, I got to Denver and exchanged some money into euros for the Frankfurt Airport. This was a 9 in a half hour flight or so. I actually found out later that a family of four that were coming here for AIS as well were on the same flight, and even from Wyoming, too. It really is a small, small world!
Speaking of small words, some friends of my parents found out about two days before I left that they knew someone who taught at the exact same school I am at for five years! She came over to my house the night before I left and showed me pictures and talked with us which made me even more excited. I was so happy that I got to meet her and talk to her.
When we got to Kuwait... which was a good 5 hour flight from Frankfurt, everything was awesome. There was a lot of my staff on the same flight and we just kind of went through the motions together. One thing though, I wasn't sure about my luggage. I didn't know if it would make it and in one piece, but everything worked out really well. I met so many awesome people on the flight and in the airport too.
Me, and five other people were the lucky ones who got to experience what they call a "Kuwaiti Moment" right away. The building that we are going to live in is not "ready" yet haha, so we are staying at the Hyatt until... question mark? lol.. maybe a couple days.. maybe a month, who knows. It's just a go with the flow world over here.
We got in to our hotel and waited until 3 am or so to get all of our baggage and then started around 8:30 this morning. I felt pretty good functioning off of 4 hours of sleep, until the afternoon. Boy, did jet lag hit me and I am so happy I was able to squeeze a nap in. We got to tour the school today, and I am so excited.. it's really huge and really nice. A lot of it is under construction still and theres wires and random things all over, but it's nice. Everyone is so supportive and I feel like I will always get my questions answered and have people to talk to. I can't wait to meet my students!
Sometimes I will just watch out side my window.. the traffic here is crazy! There are no rules, really. No stop signs.. if people don't feel like turning their lights on then they drive around with no lights. That's just how it is here. A vehicle stopped in the middle of the freeway near the exit ramp.. just chilled there for a while haha.
I have heard pretty good things about the apartment buildings.. there are 5 buildings that at least the new staff are living in (not the whole building is occupied by new staff.) Us hotel people will be in building 6, which will be brand new, so really I can't complain. Tomorrow, we will try to take a walk by the gulf, since we have some time in the afternoon.
I have been thoroughly fascinated by the culture here so far. There will be people from wearing a tank top and shorts to being completely covered. There will be women who have everything covered.. even their hands and be driving in fancy cars like mercedes, etc.
The food has been fantastic.. even the rice and lamb on the plane was excellent. Oh! A couple more things.. the heat.. it really is like walking into what it feels like when you open your oven. It's sort of unreal. Also, the dust is everywhere. Absolutely everywhere. We were walking to eat dinner, and some of the cars that were parked had a nice build up of dust on their cars.. you couldn't even tell what color the vehicle was. Another thing.. if you have ever heard that there are cats galore here.. it's true! They lurk behind trash dumpsters and truly are everywhere.
I am sorry that I don't have pictures yet.. just trying to take it all in. I will post some soon though!
Until Then,
Tiffany
Love your blog! Glad you made it and will be waiting to here more about your adventure! Mercy
ReplyDeleteHi Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteSo happy things are off to a good start for you. We love hearing about all of the things that you are experiencing. Look forward to hearing about your classroom and other adventures that you might have. Can't wait to see some pics.
Love Aunt Kim and Uncle Roger