Goodbye-ing, Buying and Dubai-ing

This week's life changing news: I have resigned from Trowers & Hamlins.

Again.

This time for good.

Again.

After much mulling over with Michele, and way too much thinking (to the point where I was beginning to lose sight of everything) we have decided to cash in our Trowers chips for something better. But not yet a return to the UK. Instead, we're doing the UK equivalent of moving to London - moving to Dubai.

I have accepted a new job with UK law firm Richards Butler (soon to become Reed Smith Richards Butler, following a merger with a big US law firm whereupon it will become one of the top 15 (actually, 15th) law firms in the world; which is a bit cool I think) and will start some point in the Spring. All quite exciting.

It has obviously meant that we have started looking for a place to live. And we are thinking of buying. Property in Dubai has skyrocketed in value recently since they passed a law allowing foreigners to own property. For example, most of the villas we have so far looked at have more than doubled (and in some cases nearly trebled) in value in the last 2 years. Not sure we will benefit from similar inflation, but one can but hope.

And hopefully, given that our friends in the UK should be more familiar with the name Dubai than with Abu Dhabi, we can expect more of them to come and visit. Maybe.

The lengths you have to go to!

Next week's life changing news: wait and see.....;)