Our New House
Sorry all, I have been neglecting my Blog duties of late.
Either it's just been a quiet week or so, or I am getting used to the mad antics of the Libyan population. Also I have been a little preoccupied with the calendar now that I have less than 3 weeksto go until my return to the beautiful land of Blighty.
Two weeks ago we finally moved into our new house. It is a grand looking affair with a total of 3 floors, 11 rooms and 3 bathrooms. All marble floors, drapes and surprisingly tastefully designed.
We will end up having the ground floor and the rest will be used by company guests but for now we have the place to ourselves. If Fi wants a bath and I want a number 2, we can use seperate floors so as not to offend each other! Very handy.
Anyway, all wasn't always so great. We walked in on our first day and decided to give everything a test. Bathroom taps were first ....... nothing.
"That's ok", said our Libyan boss, "we just need to turn the water on."
Sqeak, squeak, squeak went the tap and suddenly there was the sound of rushing water from all around.
All three bathrooms had turned into beautiful Libyan water features with water shooting in every direction and from every conceivable place. The kitchen was rapidly turning into an impressive swimming pool with wave machine and the back yard had a stream running through it.
Welcome to our new abode.
Without the time to fix it properly, each leak was dealt with using a cloth or a quick tightening of this and that. Still water flowed but now it was at least diverted to the nearest drain.
The water ran all night and every few hours I kept waking from my sleep desperate for a piss!
Either it's just been a quiet week or so, or I am getting used to the mad antics of the Libyan population. Also I have been a little preoccupied with the calendar now that I have less than 3 weeksto go until my return to the beautiful land of Blighty.
Two weeks ago we finally moved into our new house. It is a grand looking affair with a total of 3 floors, 11 rooms and 3 bathrooms. All marble floors, drapes and surprisingly tastefully designed.
We will end up having the ground floor and the rest will be used by company guests but for now we have the place to ourselves. If Fi wants a bath and I want a number 2, we can use seperate floors so as not to offend each other! Very handy.
Anyway, all wasn't always so great. We walked in on our first day and decided to give everything a test. Bathroom taps were first ....... nothing.
"That's ok", said our Libyan boss, "we just need to turn the water on."
Sqeak, squeak, squeak went the tap and suddenly there was the sound of rushing water from all around.
All three bathrooms had turned into beautiful Libyan water features with water shooting in every direction and from every conceivable place. The kitchen was rapidly turning into an impressive swimming pool with wave machine and the back yard had a stream running through it.
Welcome to our new abode.
Without the time to fix it properly, each leak was dealt with using a cloth or a quick tightening of this and that. Still water flowed but now it was at least diverted to the nearest drain.
The water ran all night and every few hours I kept waking from my sleep desperate for a piss!
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