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queenie40something · #51 (**permalink**) 29th February 2008, 08:57 PM

Hi Colleen and Brian - just think of all that lovely sunshine and a brand new home waiting for you. How exciting. Good luck with everything and please try and keep us updated regularly on here when you are in Sharm. As I do like to know whats going on over there!
If you need a good lawyer then I highly recommend Zeiad - he is a star and only acts in your best interest. He is independant from my agent and developer.
Again good luck and keep us updated

Alison

garylockwood · #52 (**permalink**) 1st March 2008, 06:48 PM

Hi everybody, my name is Gary, I'm married to Sue, have 3 children but only 2 of them, Daniel (11) and Molly (10) are at home. We have been planning a move to Sharm for over a year. We thought we had everything sewn up and went to Sharm in February to book an apartment and school etc. We intend to rent for the first year and look around slowly before buying. The school told us to wait untill the next new full school term because it is SATS year for our kids and our and their exams, curriculums, terms etc are completely different so may hinder their education. We are going out later this year. Our problem is :- many many people have recommended the British school in El Gouna. It has a fantastic reputation and now is has everything we are looking for in a school, except location. As it is our children's future we are trying to protect and ultimately move from the UK we feel we should go and take a look, even if it is just to say we looked but didn't like it. I have seen you guys speaking very highly and affectionately of Hurghada and El Gouna. Could anybody recommend a nice hotel / area so that we can go and take a look at the place, even though our heart is in Sharm. We think it's worth looking first and considering options later. It sounds as though you, (We), all have one thing in common and that is to get away from this badly run laughing stock country and try to find a place although not perfect, very very peaceful and pleasurable to call home. I've 'ad enough now and now that my kids are of some sort of impressionable age, I'd like to show them a different culture, lifestyle and attitude. Thanks for listening to my rants. Our very best wishes to you all, hope you find your Utopia, Gary

Colleen & Brian · #53 (**permalink**) 5th March 2008, 10:57 AM

Hi Alison
We are two weeks and counting. It's a combination of nerves, excitment, packing and paperwork. Though everyone seems very helpful. By the way have you been getting the shock reaction when you tell people where you are going? Hope to meet up sometime soon.
Colleen & Brian

queenie40something · #54 (**permalink**) 5th March 2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Colleen & Brian

Hi Alison
We are two weeks and counting. It's a combination of nerves, excitment, packing and paperwork. Though everyone seems very helpful. By the way have you been getting the shock reaction when you tell people where you are going? Hope to meet up sometime soon.
Colleen & Brian

Hi Colleen and Brian - how exciting!!

No people arent shocked because we have been so many times. Whenever we say we are going on holiday the reaction is ' back to Egypt? How many times is that now??
Love it. Yes and do hope we can meet up for a cold beer whilst dangling our legs in the pool

Colleen & Brian · #55 (**permalink**) 5th March 2008, 03:23 PM

Hi Gary
Great rant, and understandable we took over a year to get to the point we are at now. But two weeks from departure we are looking forward and excited by the prospect of moving. Hope we could meet up in Sharm sometime.
Colleen & Brian

garylockwood · #56 (**permalink**) 10th March 2008, 10:50 AM

Hi ya Brian Hi Colleen. Many thanks for the reply. I think it would be fantastic to meet up in Sharm, anytime. I think we are all in the same boat and have all found the same Utopia and can help each other make the move easier. Schooling is our big issue at present, trying to get the right school before we get there is proving quite difficult.When are you hoping to get there? We have put our move on hold till the new school term in September. Our very best wishes, Gary 'n' Sue

queenie40something · #57 (**permalink**) 10th March 2008, 11:03 AM

Hi Gary and Sue - good luck.

We are flying out ( for hols ) Oct 7th for 2 weeks but hope to be out either April or May as well.

My youngest will start her final year in September so we cant move out until she finishes. It could be next year or we may have to wait until she is 18 if she wants to stay on or go to college. She may by then decide she doesnt want to move with us so she will be an adult then and old enough to make up her own mind.

Hope to meet some day in Sharm. Colleen and your wife may be interested to know that Sharm Womens club meet up once a month in the evenings. Check out their website for more info.

Take care

Alison.

Colleen & Brian · #58 (**permalink**) 31st March 2008, 11:06 AM

Hi all
well we finally made it and are now settled into Na'ama Bay waiting the completion of Nabq. We have had two chaotic weeks sorting visas etc but now feeling more and more like part of the community and considering ourselves fully fledged Sharmers. We are currently sitting outside a cafe in Delta logged on for free!!!! And people were worried they would not see us again. Well anyone in the area please feel free to drop us a line.
Brian & Colleen