{"id":596,"date":"2022-05-23T02:19:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T02:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aleksandrine-pustolovine.com\/?p=596"},"modified":"2025-12-06T13:56:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T13:56:21","slug":"pigs-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleksandrine-pustolovine.com\/?p=596","title":{"rendered":"Pigs in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a game of words. Here there are no pigs, and it feels like we were in space. Or on another planet. Also, it is a reference to Muppet show!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After living like we have lived for the past two years (Prague \u2013 Prague without Arnoul \u2013 Ashgabat \u2013 Paris without Arnoul), I am happy we are somewhere for a long term, and together. However, if I had been asked to choose our destination, I never would have chosen this one. There will be more in some other letters about all this, and Me, myself and I. Now I just write the first one from here to give you a big picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is warm, it is sunny, it is rich. There is everything to buy, but not much to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children are great (when they are not fighting and trying to pluck each other`s eyes out). They go to French \u2013 English kinder garden, and already speak fluently these two languages, plus mother-tongue, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our cat is 15, she has successfully survived Europe &#8211; Central Asia \u2013 Europe \u2013 Middle East trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My husband works more than ever (if it is possible to do more hours than he was already doing). Global crisis touched everybody, including us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was a bit lost when I arrived. New city, again. New people, again. After three months here I found some interesting places, and some interesting people. After six months it will be better. In a couple of years, when it gets great, and I will know everything and everybody, I will have to leave. That\u2019s ex-pats` life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I still cannot tell if I like it here or not. Maybe I will know by the time I will be writing my second Doha letter to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until then, love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Qatar<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a game of words. Here there are no pigs, and it feels like we were in space. Or on another planet. Also, it is a reference to Muppet show! After living like we have lived for the past two years (Prague \u2013 Prague without Arnoul \u2013 Ashgabat \u2013 Paris without Arnoul), I am happy we are somewhere for a long term, and together. However, if I had been asked to choose our destination, I never would have chosen this one. There will be more in some other letters about all this, and Me, myself and I. Now I\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":5}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>This is a game of words. Here there are no pigs, and it feels like we were in space. Or on another planet. Also, it is a reference to Muppet show! After living like we have lived for the past two years (Prague \u2013 Prague without Arnoul \u2013 Ashgabat \u2013 Paris without Arnoul), I am happy we are somewhere for a long term, and together. However, if I had been asked to choose our destination, I never would have chosen this one. There will be more in some other letters about all this, and Me, myself and I. 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