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EW MASTER

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:54

It's really not that bad. You get used to it.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:53

Honestly I don't know because I'm always in Europe during July/August. My husband is always moaning on skype that it's way too hot.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:41

Many thanks for your input-- it may be best to move earlier (April) and get everything settled (easier not during Ramadan) and then try to travel a bit in August... Fingers crossed for a school place to free up for the summer term! Anyone withdrawing a Year 1 from a great UK curriculum school?? simpleasabc: Bonjour! Je suis canadienne mais dans la région Genève/Haute-Savoie depuis 2002 (sauf un petit saut en Ouganda, 2008-9) avec mon mari zimbabwéen et notre fille née en Suisse. On habite à Reignier mais on est actuellement au ski à Samoëns. Et toi? Une Savoyarde à Dubaï? Je t'apporterai un reblochon!

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:38

I've never 'escaped' a summer yet, and I'm coming up to my fourth. :) And while, as others have pointed out, it's not a ghost town, it's lovely to drive out here during summer because the roads are so much clearer. There's also A/C EVERYWHERE so you really only notice the heat getting in/out of your car/cab. To be honest, I found the recent Sydney summer more unbearable than Doobers because not everywhere there has air-conditioning. That said, I'd make the move in April -- if you can -- just so you can get into the swing of things. Ramadan in the heat of summer as a newbie I would imagine might be simply ghastly. :(

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:37

I guess it all depends on where you are coming from. There was a massive heatwave in Cyprus last summer, so coming here, it was very similar weather. We didn't have that much trouble adjusting to it. But it is HOT and the sun is ridiculously strong. We came in the summer and stayed through it...we just adjusted by going out later in the afternoon to go swim/shop/play at the park/etc.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:31

You get used to it-just end up doing the shopping later at night and such-I choose to stay here over summer rather than go home and freeze-it certainly isn't a ghost town

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:29

I found Ramadan unbearable. Just simple things like drinks in the mall with kids or in the car. No where to eat out easily at lunchtime. That with weather ive never experienced before (just stepping outside for one minute and feeling the sweat pour down) was awful. We're away for the whole of August this year and I am so glad

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EW MASTER

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:26

I agree it's really not that bad. The only thing if you come in August, is that you'll arrive in the middle of Ramadan, which falls in August this year, so somethings might come as a bit of a culture shock to you. But nothing to really worry about.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:24

'ello, ma petite Tartiflette :) Je suis vachement desolee, je ne peux pas t'aider car c'est notre premiere annee a Dubai aussi et je n'ai aucune idee ce qu'on va faire - je voulais juste te dire, "Bienvenue" et te demander si tu viens de la Savoie? Course, if you're just an English speaker with a French user-name, that was useless! Sorry!

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:24

I think it's bl**dy awful but if those are your two windows to arrive I would go for April simply because I wouldn't want to arrive in the middle of Ramadan when government offices are on reduced hours possibly causing huge delays to you getting through all the red tape.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 19:24

Hi all, We (DH + DD age 5) are planning a move to Dubai, and it looks like we will need to move in late April or mid-August. In either case we will end up having to spend at least part of July-August in Dubai. I know that many (most?) expat families flee in the summertime; how awful will it be, as a new arrival, to deal with the heat and (perhaps more importantly) meet people and build up a social circle? I would appreciate your thoughts on whether Dubai really is a deserted, broiling wasteland in the summer (with lone husbands cavorting in hotel bars with "ladies of the night") or whether there are still some families around and the heat can be managed with the right attitude and a bit of planning. Thanks! IMHO its not really deserted anymore during summer, there was a time when it was a ghost town, but now life ticks on as usual. Many families do stay away for a chunk of the summer, but now many stay. In terms of the weather, I'm so used to it now its hard to comment :D

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