Buergers’ 8 day Dubai Extravaganza!

My sister and her family came for a visit during their Spring Break from Pittsburgh, PA and spent 8 days with us in Dubai.  Wow. What a blast of a week we had.  As opposed to going in chronological order, I thought I would go in order of my favorite outings, although it is hard to choose!

Heritage village desert safari ‘authentic’ arabian night…

Camel riding in the desert

Rebecca and Molly bedouins

Bedouin sisters

Bedouin cousins

 

Falconry shows…with Will, Emma and Molly having an opportunity to hold the very beautiful falcons.

 

Fun riding in a jeep on the sand!

We surprised Will one day and celebrated his birthday (a few days early)

having lunch on the top floor of the  Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.  Floor 123! YIKES.

Buergers in front of the Burj.

Having lunch at the top of tallest building in the world!

Wesley & Dan

Will’s 14th birthday candle and cake!

View from the top.

Buergers at the top of the Burj

Will, Rebecca and Emma directly in front of the Burj Khalifa.

Lucy & Will

Kayaking in the Mangroves in Abu Dhabi

The girls in our abayas at the Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.

Caroline & Lucy

Rebecca & Molly

Twins with Emma.

At the beach…

 

 

Outside our apartment on “The Walk” area

Celebrating more birthdays – Rebecca turns 11!

Celebrating Rebecca’s Birthday at “It’s Sugar!”

Skiing at Ski Dubai

Thai food at Thiptara right in front of the Burj Khalifa.  Parents night out!

Date night out with just the adults.

 

Camel Selfies!!

Downtown in “old town” with the traditional souks and abra boat rides. And camels, camels everywhere!

 

Lucy reading with Uncle Dan outside on our terrace enjoying the ‘warm’ weather.

Our last dinner out on the Marina.

Will and his fans.

Emma and Molly.

Yay for sisters!

Thanks Laura & Dan for making the LONG trip to come see us! It meant the world to us, and we loved every single minute.  Can’t wait to see you in 2 months.  We can hardly wait for our summer break when we get to come home to the USA and spend 2 months with more family and friends!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twinks turn 8, beautiful Oman, and other Dubai Shenanigans…

We can’t believe the girls have 17 days of school left! Only 1 month and we’ll be back in Texas, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania, and we can’t wait to see our family and friends.

We’ve been busy the past several months, but the highlight was my sister and her family’s visit to Dubai…but that requires an entire post in and of itself..in a few days. We enjoyed a spring break trip to beautiful Oman, celebrated the twinkies 8th birthday, and I finally visited the Burj Al Arab with friends! I’m not quite sure why it’s the only 7 star hotel. It’s nice but personally, I think it’s very outdated and rather tacky…but who am I to say!

The birthday girls (note several “costume changes” in forthcoming photos!)

Lucy blowing out her candles!

and Caroline!

Cotton candy maker!

Caroline with Jenna and Hana.

Family Birthday dinner at Shake Shack.

Caroline enjoying her birthday burger and “concrete!”

Lucy and birthday root Beer!

The way real Arabic coffee is served!

A sweet little note that I found taped to the girls wall.

Look what I saw while running at the park – so adorable!

Molly in a Girl Scout meeting with a few of her friends; I’m proud of our diverse and strong group of girls!

Lucy and Caroline with some friends at school one morning.

Finally went to the “over the top” Burj Al Arab for tea as a farewell to my dear friend Tiffany who is moving to the Woodlands.

Kind of tacky!

The awesome birthday cake Molly made for Lucy and Caroline’s birthday…Frozen themed face of Olaf, the snowman.

Our spring trip to Oman exceeded our expectations! What a warm and beautiful country. We stayed at a wonderful simple hotel nestled at the top of the mountains in Al Hamra, with breathtaking “El Paso-like” views and very fun rock climbing. The girls were very brave!

Then we drove to Muscat where we relaxed at Al Bandar Shangri-La for a few days. What amazing views and a great respite.

Next post: Buergers in Dubai!