Thank-you for all your comments. I guess it won;t be all that bad for my 2 children after all. They will be thrilled to swim daily and thankfully we will be close to the Sheraton park. I'm sure that will be a god send in the cooler winter months. I guess anywhere in Doha is unbearable in the summer, compounds and apartments, your'e going to be stuck inside. Plus side though is living opposite City Centre!!!! Seems to be quite a bit in there for children too.

See you all at the pool in August!