Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Feast or Famine

Apparently, it is necessary to have 2 spare hours to upload pictures on my blog. Luckily, I was able to start the process, then go to lunch, add some more, then grade some papers, add some more and take stuff to the copy room. You get the picture... no pun intended. But here it is, finally - a little of our life in pictures.
To begin - our layover in Frankfurt - doesn't he look like a little grown-up?
Riding the metro - to Ibn Battuta mall. Each section of the mall is dedicated to one of the countries where he traveled - the architecture is pretty amazing.


Umm Sequim Beach - with a great view of the Burj al Arab

Our apartment building - you can see our apartment on the bottom left - third floor at the back. We actually live on the second floor, but there is the ground floor that counts too... We have tried one of the restaurants downstairs - Persian food. Their food is tasty - well except the lamb, I wasn't too fond of that.


The kitchen...



The dining room...

The living room... sorry for the messes in every room. My excuse is that we were/still are moving in, and these were taken before the maid was hired. Literally.
The master bedroom...

More of the beach...




Watching the construction across the street...



The aquarium in Sharjah - soooo cool!




The park - and swinging with his friend Sam.



Local scenery - the mosques are beautiful, and the Burj at night is pretty awesome too.




Riding a water taxi across Dubai Creek from the old fort that is now the Dubai Museum to the spice souk, shown in the next pictures.



So there it is - and the city is shutting down the power in 15 minutes, for who knows what reason, so I am going to hurry and post before these hours are wasted! Enjoy!

6 comments:

jami v. said...

wow! i LOVE the pictures. the architecture is so very amazing and really breath-taking. i'm jealous of your adventure. not so jealous of your 2 hour uploading adventure, but of your dubai adventure. :) thanks for sharing the pics ... for me, it was well worth your time. :)

Jason and Kristin said...

So stinking cool! I'm still jealous that someone helps clean your house. Will looks so cute sleeping in the airport and that aquarium pic is amazing. So glad you are doing so well!

Kelsey said...

Great pictures!! We are glad you guys are enjoying your adventure!! Will is getting big!

kate said...

Jami pretty much stole my comment, so I'll just say "ditto" and add...

-the aquarium looks awesome. we have passes to one here...so fun.
-i wish my house was as "messy" as yours.
-i wish hamilton could sleep anywhere.
-what an adventure! for most of your readers, your blog is probably the closest we'll get. so, it's extra cool to get your updates.

auburn and chris said...

your apartment is so nice! love the tiny oven :) I am sure you are enjoying that. Will looks SO grown up... crazy what a couple months will do to a toddler! Keep posting pictures- it is definitely as close to dubai as we are going to get... what a great adventure for your family!

miss you guys!

whirligigdaisy said...

Very cool. So when are your parents going over to visit???