This is the first post since we've arrived in Lagos, Nigeria on 29 Dec 2007. As of today we are still living in the Eko Hotel and waiting for our flat at Niger Towers on Ikoyi to be available for move in. We were told that Monday, 4 Feb 2008 would be the day the flat would be ready for move in, but this is Nigeria and nothing is ever ready the day they say it will be. So we're back to waiting. We took a drive by Niger Towers on Sunday and low and behold they have actually done some work. We now have electricity, shelves in the pantry, exhaust for the dryer and the water should be turned on soon. Progress in two days, it's a miracle.
Living in the Eko Hotel does have it's advantages though. We don't have to pay for meals (unless we decide to eat outside of the hotel) they have about 6 resteraunts on the site, Steakhouse, Poolside Cafe, Sports Bar Buffet Resteraunt, Oceanview Pearl Chinese and Coral Cafe, Skye Resteraunt (not open all the time and we haven't been to that one yet) and a Coffee shop with the best breads, pasteries and all kinds of flavored ice cream. The staff is wonderful, helpful and totally love the girls, they just fall all over them when they walk in. There is a large pool, tennis courts, workout facilities, sauna and a small bookstore that I've purchased many books of Nigerian authors that have been just fabulous reading. The hotel is very close to the girls new school, American International School of Lagos.
The school is fabulous and the girls love it. They have teachers that they love and wonderful classmates from all over the world. Jade is even learning a little Hebrew so she can communicate with a new girl in her class that doesn't speak English much and she is learning English. They both have French class Jade had is twice a week and Lexi only once, but they seem to enjoy it. They are behind since they started in the middle of the school year, but they are doing fine.
Our driver Emeka from Port Harcourt is here with us now, and is learning the area and as soon as our flat is ready Alice our Nanny and Glory our Cook and our beloved cats Coco and Indy will also be joining us here. We are so happy our Port Harcourt staff asked to move with us here, the kids love them and they love the kids and that will make such a big difference with living here.
I guess that's it for now, it will take some time to talk about Lagos, the poeple, the driving and the area. I already have the name for the next post, it was something Lexi our 5 year old asked when we were driving from the Airport to the Eko hotel and it pretty much sums up Lagos, here is the title of the next post.......
"Daddy, why is everything broken here?"
Sunday, February 03, 2008
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