Thursday, April 7, 2011

Arriving in Dubai and our first day here

We arrived in the Dubai airport at 5 in the morning and we hung out there until about 6 when we took a taxi to the house that we were staying at.  When we arrived at the house, ny dad's childhood friend, Justin, greeted us.  A few hours later, his son Sam woke up.  Sam is in 3rd grade and he's 9 so he's closer to Jonah's age but I'm better friends with him than Jonah.  In another couple hours, Justin's daughter Emmie woke up and Sam, Emmie, Jonah, and I put on a play.  That day, my family went swimming in their pool and we went to a HUGE mall, The Mall of the Emirates.  Inside it, we saw many great restaurants, a HUGE arcade, and a ski mountain which was in between the mall and the hotel next door called the Kempinsky.  Inside one of the various food courts, there was a place called the Shake Shack which they also have in New York. I got a delicious black and white shake which had chocolate, vanilla, and custard.  In the arcade, which was called Magic Planet, there were many games and rides.  I saw this movie simulation of a roller coaster called the Cosmic Coaster.  And it was AWESOME!  Jonah went on the bumper cars with three teenagers.  Then we played a car racing game with the whole family but some of the cars didn't work.  The ski mountain was very cool because it had a chair lift and a luge slide.  Then we went home, had dinner, and went to bed.


Jonah on the bumper cars

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