Category: Middle East
Adios Arabian Peninsula, Hello European Adventure!
After three and a half years it’s time for us to bid farewell to our most recent home and set out on a new adventure. We’re excited, of course, but there is also a bit of bittersweet involved in this decision but I’m sure that will fade quickly (as some of it already has). So […]
Beach Day
When the weather is nice we try and get out to the beach on Friday mornings. It’s Sebastian’s favorite day! When the tide is low there are a ton of small crabs scurrying about and that triggers his prey instinct, which is hilarious and a little frustrating at times. The lizards here at the apartment […]
SUP Abu Dhabi
When we moved to Abu Dhabi we were pretty keen on trying out some of the local paddle boarding. Our first trip out was to the Mangroves and we quite liked it. It sort of ignited a little spark and we’ve contemplated getting our own paddle boards ever since. But then we had all of this […]
8 Things to See on Your Visit to U.A.E.
We’ve been trying to get our friends and family to come out to the U.A.E. since we moved to Abu Dhabi but until recently none of them had taken us up on the offer to host and play tour guide. My parents took us up on the offer in the Spring and so we had to […]
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is a must see for any visitor to Abu Dhabi! Established by the founder of the U.A.E. Sheikh Zayed, its brilliant white domes (there are 82 of them!) topped with gold finials greet every visitor as they head into Abu Dhabi. The Mosque is uniquely situated between all three bridges connecting the […]
Floating in the Dead Sea & Our Jordan Spa Experience
After our wonderful stay at the Marriott Petra we wanted to head up to the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea to have a float and rub some mud on our bodies. The salts and minerals of the Dead Sea have long been used for their rejuvenation properties and was the site for one of […]
Two Days In Petra – Get Off The Beaten Path
Petra is a bucket list trip, I mean how can it not be? The ancient city was abandoned, forgotten and then unknown to the Western world until 1812; a secret guarded by the Bedouins that have called the desert home for thousands and thousands of years. Established possibly as early as 312 B.C. Petra is […]
Day Trip to Dubai
Over the last year Shani and I had taken a couple of tourist day trips to Dubai and we had narrowed down some of the must see things when we put together an itinerary for site seeing with my parents. Our plan was to not tell them any details in case we had to jettison […]
Trip to the Auto Museum – Abu Dhabi
One of the first things we did when my parents came to visit us here in Abu Dhabi was a trip out to the Emirates National Auto Museum. It’s a bit out of town and we figured it would be a good half day trip and my folks could nap in the car on the […]
Abu Dhabi Skyline
At this point in our adventures we’ve been calling Abu Dhabi home for just a year. One of the things we absolutely love about our deluxe apartment in the sky is the incredible view we get out of all of the rooms! We’ve been lucky enough to see the city in crystal clear weather, crazy fog, […]