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Latest post on 24 February 2016 - 16:11

Hi, We have been here just over a year, we love it, esp the heat. When people come here they come with different expectations and have different needs. I will give you our example on what we did, and how we done it. Then maybe you can ask more specific questions, and don't hesitate to ask anything. We rented in York, but still have a place in Scotland, so we put our furniture in storage, initially for a year to see how we liked it here. We were living in a serviced apartment for the first two months, organised through husbands job. This was in Westbay, which was great as we were right next to City Center Mall, and close proximity to the Corniche. We then moved to an apartment at the Pearl, where we still live. It's fully furnished, pool, jacuzzi and gym. We are in walking distance of cafes, restaurants and shops. We can walk round the Pearl and nearby Medina Centrale. And we also take a taxi, ( very reasonable prices) to Westbay, Corniche, Souq, and various malls in Doha. Yes you can get milk, hubby is a tea drinker also! He is a Yorkshire lad too! He does miss pork pies, but we have been able to get mushy peas in Spinneys, a great supermarket to find tastes of home. We don't have children, or a dog, we have 2 cats, who we adopted here, so can't help you with how to get the dogs here, but I'm sure someone on here will be able to help. I know I haven't covered everything, so just ask, no matter how silly you think the question is. We have all been in the same boat, and it can be quite intimidating moving to a new country. Come with an open mind, read all the articles on here, they can help. Good luck with the move ? Thank you very much for your reply. Hubby and I are both well traveled and are really looking forward to embracing our new culture. We are looking at villas to rent at the moment. The company is covering all costs. I have looked at the Pearl and West Bay. I hate high rise living and with our little pooch, it would not suit. We are looking at villas with a little courtyard. I love the look of the Pearl, reminds me of Australia but from what I can see it looks short on villas. We will spend the first couple of nights there in a hotel and then move to the company villa before finding our own home. I have Google horse riding facilities, volunteering groups, cooking classes, shops, food....the list goes on lol. We have two 21 year old children between us. My son is in Australia and my hubbies daughter will stay in England. It's freezing here in North Yorkshire.....I never did get used to this cold. I see that there's a Marks and Spencers in Doha......yayyyyyy lol and I saw Australian eggs in one supermarket....yayyyyyy. We are not bringing any furniture with us just kitchen and soft furnishings and things like that. It looks like we will be in Qatar for many years and from there we will be going to live in Perth Australia so we will buy new from there. Thank you once again. Have a lovely day. Debs and Carter.

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