Quick Update – February 2018
Busy Busy Busy Hello again to the handful of readers out there. I have time for just a quick update. Things have been quite busy here in Saudi. (especially at work) We had our IB Evaluation visit and lesson planning and grading take up a lot of our time. I realize...
We have joined the Instant Pot craze!
What is an Instant Pot? In case you have been living under a rock for the past few months, the Instant Pot is a 'revolutionary' new kitchen device that has taken the US (and parts of the world) by storm. I put revolutionary in quotes because it is basically an...
TwoTeacherTrek Trip to Oman!
Hooray! Winter Holiday! First off, sorry to the 2 readers of this blog for the delay. January has been pretty hectic overall. Semester exams and report writing took up a larger amount of our work life. On top of this, Simon got sick (which is always fun) It has now...
TeacherTrek Top 5: Getting International School Jobs
As we told the world a few months back, (and frankly one of the sole purposes for starting this blog) we have left our life in the United States for international school jobs. A few months in, the results have been a mostly positive. We both feel less stressed; we...
Weekend in Bahrain!
Getting There So this past weekend, we loaded up our new Kia (see previous post) and headed over from Jubail to Bahrain for a weekend away (about an two hour drive plus border crossing) This trip was about pleasure and relaxing but it was also a necessity. We have a...
Expat Living in Saudi Arabia – First Impressions
Long time, no see! Yes. First of all, let me apologize to the 10 people who read this about why we haven't posted in a while. First of all, there is nothing like a cliff-hanger to keep people wanting more! Second, it has been a long and rough transition to get the...