The package at KAUST has changed for the next school year. $42-47,000. Add 50% overseas allowance, 10% retirement, and up to 10% matching savings. The community is nice and there is much to do with young children. It is a small compound, so you really need to like to see people you know all the time. There has been difficulty with background checks not passing, so make sure your record is clean.

Thanks for that information. So difficult to find a place that fits all the criteria.

On the topic of dark winters...are the skies during the day very gray? I lived in Budapest for three years. Loved everything except the gray skies. Thanks for any weather information ;)