Sunday, 30 April 2017
Saturday, 14 January 2017
Ballet in water by Milla
Today we went to the mall🍽. Outside was the fountain and we went there on the hour of 🕑1 o'clock. We saw the fountain dancing to the music🎶🎶🎶. The water was moving 🌊and shooting up and it looked like it was dancing to the music. 💧💦🎶💧💦
I saw lots of men in Dubai wearing long dresses and robes and tea towels on their head and others wear longer ones like the Emirates air hostesses wear. 👳🏾👳🏾👳🏾👳🏾👳🏾👳🏾👳🏾 On their feet they mostly wear sandles or things because of the heat near the desert. ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️🌞
I wore my new sunnies today that I bought in London.👓🕶👓🕶
Welcome to Dubai 🇯🇴 By Maisie
We arrived in Dubai at 7:40 am this morning after a 7 hour flight from London. Quite jet lagged, we lined up to get our passports stamped and collect our luggage. We then caught a taxi to our apartment.
Our apartment is very fancy for our standards. When we arrived a doorman collected our bags and placed them on a gold luggage trolley! Fancy!
We then checked in but had to wait in the lobby for our apartment to be cleaned, dusted etc. However it wasn't such an unpleasant wait at all as we had the Big Bash Womens League on TV and comfy lounge seats in ten air con! Just to top it off a waiter gave us each a tropical mangoy cocktail to drink!!! 🍹It was delicious!
Soon our apartment was really and we unloaded our luggage and got ready to go out. We then caught another taxi to the inner city. On the way there we saw the tallest building in the world (Burj Khalifia 828m).
FUN FACT:Did you know constructions have already began for a new world record tall building in Dubai that will be over 1000m tall!!!
We got our at the Dubai mall. We saw many shops but didn't by anything. One of the highlights was seeing the aquarium. We didn't pay to go inside but we saw many fish, sting rays and even a shark from the outside.
We then went to the Dubai Mall fountain which had spectacular views of Burj Khalifa.
Love this action shot pic of me below!! 😂☀️💕
Also love this pic taken by ME!! ❤️❤️❤️
We the went and got some sushi for lunch and the came back for the fountain display (the part where it shoots up). Music began to play and the water almost 'danced' seemlessly with the music. 💦⛲️🎶
We then came back to our apartment by taxi and got ready to have a swim to cool down! ☀️
Our apartment is very close to the airport so the boys spent most of the afternoon plane spotting! ✈️
This is the view.
An early start tomorrow morning as we have a plane to catch!
-Maisie 👌🏼😘
This is your Captain speaking by Harvey
At the Dubai Shopping Mall there was an A380 simulator. It was awesome. I got to take off and land from Heathrow and Dubai airports in fine weather and again in the wet. I spent all my money on it but it was definitely worth it. I was going to buy a metal 777 and A380 Emirates from the Emirates shop but then I saw the simulator and decided to do that instead.
My first take off was smooth. And I would give my landing a 9/10 for an intermediate pilot.
Dad got to be copilot on the second and third goes because I was good enough and didn't need the instructors help. All I needed was a good co pilot to keep an eye on air speed and altitude. I kept an eye on pitch and heading, while also controlling gear, flaps and air brakes.
The view from the pool at the hotel you can see the whole of Dubai airport. We had a swim this afternoon and I saw numerous A380s pass by only a kilometre to my left.
Random fact for the day, there is a really weird pyramid shaped building out my window that looks like something out of Minecraft. There is also another building that looks like Big Ben. The tallest building in the world is very tall.
Friday, 13 January 2017
Girls shopping day on Oxford Street by Maisie
Today was a great day because we went shopping! Just the girls! On Oxford street! After an unfortunate start (Milla vomitting when we got off the tube) said goodbye to the boys who were off to get a tour of lords and got started... (Milla is ok now so don't worry)
I had been on the look out for another pair of boots ever since Paris because my other ones were very old and small. The first store we went into was 'Next' and I found a pair I liked in there. I tried them on and decided to buy them for £42 which is a pretty good price. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM! They are tan coloured, ankle high, with gold zips and a big heel ( aprox. 5 cm ).
Milla also bought a brass/ rose gold Big Ben model from the same shop.
When we got out of the shop it was snowing!!!! Very rare in London! It wasn't much but it was distinctively snow!! 🌨
You probably won't be able to see but the picture below is of Milla and I standing out in the snow.
We then continued walking down Oxford street stopping to look in many shops including H&M, Zara, Topshop, Uni Clo and many more.
We then went into Marks and Spencer's to get a little snack for lunch. It is now my new favourite shop! It has everything from fancy food to a trendy cafeteria area to sit at and beautiful homewares and stationary to fashionable clothing!! We got some sushi for lunch and then headed to look at the clothes. The kids section was disappointing however we did I look in the women's section afterwards. I saw a very nice grey jumper on a mannequin. I told mum and she really liked it too but we couldn't find it anyware on the shelves. So we asked a lady and after much confusion found it on the other side of the shop!? Mum tried it on and then I did. Mum said it looked really good on me so I bought it for £25.
I really love it too. I am wearing it now. It looks like this ⬇️ Milla also bought a pair of sunnies 🕶
We then walked to Leicester Sqaure where we were meeting the boys at 2:30. We were really excited to see the new Lego store as we had seen it on a TV show. It is amazing!!!!! They have a model of Big Ben, Shakespeare, Robin Hood and the queen sitting in a tube, a tube map, several tube signs, a massive mural and even a telephone box ALL made out of Lego in the store!!!!
They even had a 'Mosaic Maker' which is like a photo booth where you get your photo taken and it prints a paper version of your face in Lego. It then prints a box full of all the pieces to make your Lego face!!! I would have tried it however it cost £100!!! I ended up buying a little double decker bus Lego set that once I build it I will put on my desk. Every purchase also came with a free Lego 2017 calendar! Bonus!
We then also had a quick look in the M&M shop across the road but it was massive! Too big in my opinion and not as good as the Lego store. We then met up with the boys and caught the tube home. We collected our bags and caught the tube to Heathrow terminal 3 where we are now. We still have 1 and a half hours till take off and I am looking forward to watching movies! Even though I'll probably fall asleep 😴💤💤
Looking forward to Dubai!
-Maisie 💕
The Home of Cricket by Harvey
Ever seen it snow in London? Well I have. It snowed just as we were entering the gate at Lords. First thing we did was go and see the ashes urn. 
It never leaves the Lords museum. I thought it was smaller than I'd imagined. Then we went up to the pavilion and saw the away and home change rooms, the long room and where the players go out to bat. 
We also saw the honour board and the committee room where the Queen sits and where the laws of cricket are written.
There were 12 Australians, one South African and 2 English people on the tour.
I found out that the ground has an 8 foot 3 inches slope from one side to the other.
Lords holds 29,000 people which is the largest ground in England but surprisingly small for Australian standards. No batsman has ever been timed out at lords, however a young English batsman got lost on the stairs and needed help finding the gate to the ground.
Did you know the club has been at lords for 203 years?
It is the home of Middlesex county cricket club.
Ricky Ponting, satchen tandulkar and Brian Lara never made a century in a test at lords. Interesting.
Thursday, 12 January 2017
Dinner out in London by Maisie
Tonight was our last night in London before we fly to Dubai. We arrived in Gatwick after a 2 and a half hour flight from Geneva. We caught 4 trains to our apartment; the first a two minute one from the terminal to the train station, a second high speed 'Gatwick Express' to Victoria station, London, and then 2 tubes to Hammersmith station closest to our apartment. When we arrived it was cold 🌬 and raining very hard 🌧 (the circle and district lines were closed due to flooding on the platforms!) We had to walk up the street in the heavy rain not entirely knowing where we were going. We found our apartment and it is very nice! It has a buffet breakfast! 🍳 It's a pity we are only staying for one night. ☹️ (I am writing the blog in one of the pics!)
Anyway, we decided to go out for dinner. We found this fish and chips shop just down the road called Kerbisher & Malt. It was very nice!
We ate our fish and drank our coke as we watched cars drive by and people walk by in the rain. 🚗 ☔️
Tomorrow Harvey and dad are getting a tour of lords (the cricket ground) whilst us girls go shopping and visit the new Lego store in Leicester Square. We leave for Dubai tomorrow at aprox. 8:30 pm.Hoping for so warm climate there. ☀️
-Maisie😇
Goodbye to the snow by Harvey
It was sad to say goodbye to the snow after such an awesome week.😩 I can't believe I can do red runs😆. Here is Maisie next to the red run we all did yesterday to prove it.
We could see people skiing this morning as we were leaving, wishing we were out there on the slopes.
Here I am at the top of one of my favourite runs down the valley.
We caught a bus down the mountain and we got a bit of a sightseeing tour around Geneva as the driver avoided a massive traffic jam in the tunnel.
The Easyjet flight was easy and good news all our bags made it. We had a long immigration cue to get back into the UK.
We are now sitting on the Gatwick Express train back into London and I am drawing planes. The conductor just commented how good I am. The train will take 30 mins.
It is raining and very dark. It was all over the UK news that it was going to snow today but I think they were just exaggerating. Well at least I hope so, because I don't want any delays tomorrow. Dad and I are going to lords. I am looking forward to seeing the home of cricket. The girls are going shopping to continue on Maisie's boot hunt.
I hope we don't all get too wet walking from the tube to our hotel.
We are discussing what we'll have for dinner. I'll report back tomorrow.
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