Hello from sunny Dubai
After months of planning and stressing I am finally here!! and i have to say that i love this place just as much as the last few times i visited!
Since leaving work on 24 July 2015, i have had a crazy week and a half. So much so that it feels like a lifetime ago! I spent a week of non-stop packing, with endless trips to the charity shops and skips etc. Moving abroad is nothing like moving house, and i waited until last minute to find that out for myself. It would have been so much easier to box everything up and move it to another location, but in actual fact i had to fit mine and Andy's lives in to three suitcases and pretty much everything else had to be sold, given to charity or put in the bin!!
I also had to fit in many last goodbyes which made the week emotional and draining. By the end i couldn't wait to just be sat on the plane with a glass of wine! …Saying bye to my mum and little sister was obviously the hardest but i am here now and there have been no more tears so far! As expected, i did my fair share of crying in England.
Me with Steph and Cat a few days before i left.
We had a really good flight and my uncle met us at Costa Coffee in the airport at the other end :)
Our last view of England...
The menu for our flight.
I got the chicken and it was lovely :)
Dubai airport is very fancy!
Our 'welcome home' ice cream cake when we arrived!
It is HOT here as you can imagine but i haven't even begun to get a tan yet! I stand out like a mega tourist at the moment!!! When you're inside all the time you really don't notice the heat at all, so no major hair disasters yet either!
Our room is lovely, its been done out really nicely and we are currently shopping for a TV and working out how to get the internet downstairs! I think once we have properly sorted our things it will start to feel like home!
Not sure anyone would believe me, but i have never seen a cockroach before, not even during my last few trips to Dubai. However, that has all changed and we have had 4 in our room so far! The ‘bug man’ came today so hopefully we will see less of them. Only one of the 4 was actually alive though, they just come to our room to die! … I have to say i’m less scared of cockroaches than i was of the mega spiders we had in our apartment! I couldn't sleep for weeks knowing they could get in!!!
Its really nice to spend some time with my Cousin/Goddaughter (Camilla) and the new baby is almost ready to make an appearance!! So things will be eventful for a while …
We haven’t got loads of things planned as yet as we are just relaxing after a crazy few months. I may go to the pool today, however i am going for a manicure and pedicure with Sarah! :) Also i really do need to start working out as we have eaten so much rubbish, its so hard when even McDonalds deliver to your house!
We were out shopping at Dubai Mall the other day and we stopped to let Camilla watch the fountains as we were leaving. I also got a great picture of the Burj Khalifa which is the tallest building in the world!
Camilla loved the fountains!
I just love it here!
As promised, I will continue to keep you all updated! Hope everyone is doing well.
Miss you,
Laura xxx
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