A Week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Day 1)

After a 1 hour flight Aberdeen to Amsterdam and 6 hour flight Amsterdam to Dubai, we arrived at our hotel. We were already amazed at all the tall skyscrapers and lights in the city, and were taken away at the size of the hotel we would be staying in along with the fabulous decor at The Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai. I think we went to sleep around 2 am that night Dubai time (it was 3 hours ahead of Aberdeen time).

We woke up the next morning and had breakfast at 11 am delivered to our room. We decided that the first day would be the day we would tour the city as it was the first day of the work week (not so busy for tourism) and it was cloudy and a bit chilly to be swimming. We took the Hop on Hop Off tour bus through town and saw the Mall of the Emirates (which has an indoor ski slope), Dubai Mall, the Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, Dubai Creek, Dubai Marina, and we shopped at the Gold Souk. The city is full of very tall skyscrapers and modern buildings. Absolutely amazing.

We went to Happy Hour at the Imperial Club and then for dinner at the hotel we ate at Nasimi where we ate on the beachfront with spectacular views of the city skyline.

Mall of the Emirates

Burj Khalifa

Shopping at the Gold Souk

Gold Souk

Burj Al Arab

LONDON, England with my Sisters and family

Friday morning Jill, Kyle, Ally, Jon, Trent, Landon and I flew to London to meet Katy and Clark and to see some of the city. We arrived at Gatwick airport and took the Gatwick Express into town arriving at Victoria Station. Our hotel was a short walk from the Station and Buckingham Palace. We toured London on the Hop On Hop off bus and then took a ride on the London Eye at sunset. We loved seeing the lights in the city at night!!

We had dinner at a Traditional British Restaurant and went back to our fabulous hotel. The hotel we stayed at was Rubens at the Palace...wonderful people, location, service, awesome rooms and a special treat when we arrived in our room. We had a chilled bottle of wine and homemade pastries and the boys had activity books and a bath bag filled with soaps and other goodies. They even had their own robes and slippers!! We enjoyed an evening visiting in the bar area.

The next morning we walked to visit Buckingham Palace and then headed back to the airport. It was a quick trip but lots of fun seeing London with my sisters!!

Dinner...Queen Victoria's napkin in the background!