Channeling Audrey

As I'm sure you've gathered - and because I said it on here the other day - I have left Japan and am back in Al Ain.  I've spent the past two weeks getting settled in and getting used to my new position as "house wife" (it's even written on my visa!).  Although I still have a UAE driver's license, I haven't been allowed to drive legally up until yesterday when I finally finalized my residence visa.  Oh, the joys of being an expat!  Now that I have that all important visa, the next "problem" is that we only have one car at the moment.  Since B needs to go to work everyday to earn all that money so that I can have the privilege of being a house wife, he gets dibs on the car.  Therefore, long story short, until we get another car, or I agree to drive him to and from work everyday, I am confined to being a stay-at-home-house wife.  I won't complain about that (yet…)!

Not having any means of transportation and not living in a walkable city means that I haven't been out and about doing stuff or taking pictures for Channeling Audrey.  In the meantime, here's a random selection of some of the photos on my iPhone…which incidentally is now just a camera since I can't use it as a phone here.

As usual, if you follow me on Instagram you may have already seen some of these.  And if you don't follow me, you should!


From top left: Last dinner out with my class \\ Colorful drinks on Girls Night Out \\ More drinks with friends in Shinsaibashi \\ Visiting friends in Tango



Colorful paper cranes in our hotel room in Tango \\ I love, love, love cherry blossoms! \\ Dinner with Nahomi and her children, Kaho and Kaishi \\ Selfies with the blossoms in Maruyama Park


Curious koi-carp at Konchi-in in Kyoto \\ Rainbow banners at Nanzen-ji \\ This way, that way at Nanzen-ji // At the airport, sayonara, Nihon!


Desert sunrise in Dubai on our way home from the airport \\ Olives, flat bread and hummus for lunch \\  New Shake Shack in Bawadi Mall in Al Ain (yay!) \\ Mini seedless watermelons


Burj Khalifa - the tallest building in the world (for how much longer?) \\ Dinosaur bones on display in Dubai Mall \\ Iced coffee in the sunshine makes me very happy \\ Reese's peanut butter eggs for Easter