Looking for a moving company

Today we accepted the offer to rent my fiance boss villa and we're going and as of June 1st we'll be living in a villa near the beach. I've been calling around the entire morning looking for a moving company to move our stuff to our new place. Since we're not sure how long we're going to stay in Dubai, we decided not purchase many things. That said, I think somehow we've managed to ignore that rule. Once you empty the drawers and wardrobs, you'll relize how many unneccerary gadgets you actualy own.

Villa in Jumeirah!

As we were looking to find an apartment in JBR, my fiancé boss suggested that we should rent and move to her villa as she and her fiancé were about to move to the palm. The villa is located in Jumeirah 1 and has three bedrooms. It’s quite big for just the two of us but I think this is going to be a pleasant experience.

Looking for an apartment in Dubai Marina

I took a few hours off from work today to go for apartment haunting. As our annual rental contract is about to expire, we need to find a new place which is bigger so that we can have a study room (Where I can sit and play computer games.. lool). Fortunately, the rents have been reduced up to 45% compared to last year’s index. For us, this means that with the same amount that we paid last year to rent a studio we now can rent a 1 bedroom apartment in Dubai Marina instead. For those of you who are not familiar with different areas of Dubai, I can say that Dubai Marina is the most popular resident area in Dubai, especially for expats as it's relatively cleaner and more organized compare to the rest of Dubai and it has lots of cafes, yacht clubs, night clubs and fancy restaurants. There’s a beautiful beach in an even more popular area of Marina, commonly known as JBR (Jumeirah Beach Residents).

Anyway, I saw a few apartments near the Marina Lake and I kind of liked one which was a spacious 1-bedroom on 18^th floor of Diamond Tower. It had a great view over the Marina Lake, Persian Gulf and partially Jumeirah Lake Towers. Gym, Swimming pool, Sauna, Steam, covered parking, Gas and AC was all included in the rent which made the annual rent quite reasonable. However, I asked the agent to keep the apartment a few more hours so that Bahareh sees it after I pick her up from work.

Dubai Weather: Sunny, 34°

Trip to Tehran

Last week, we had a quick trip to Iran to purchase some wedding stuff which might be difficult to find in Sweden. We decided to perform a Persian ceremony and naturally it won't be easy to find all required ceremonial stuff back home in Sweden. Anyway, it was a great experience, also was the first time Bahareh and I travelled to Iran together, something we wanted to do since the early days of our relationship, seven years ago. We really had a good time over there, threw a few parties at my parents apartment in Tehran, went hitch-hiking with friends and cousins, spent many hours at Bazaar, and just showing my wife-to-be, a few places that reminded my of my childshood brought me lots of joy.