June 15th, 2009 My first day went pretty well. Anthea came to pick me up at 8.45am, I had a lay in this morning since I arrived so late last night. The normal start time is 7am. We went to the ID office for me to get my ID card. Here again they took my fingerprints and photo. The woman who took my finger prints was very nice and chatty. She was wearing the full Abaya covering her face (attached in the middle of her eyes). She was telling me she lived in England for a year and half and visited Paris which she much loved. She also told me she was divorced which isn’t what I expected. The next person I saw took off the veil covering her face to talk to me which I ... read more