Dubai!!!

We finally ventured out of our emirate into our neighbors', the more popular city of Dubai. I have been wanting to visit, because architectually, this town is a photographer's dream! Mallori 'needed' to go because she was out of her Philosophy-Purity all in one cleanser; and there just happens to be a Sephora in Dubai. Well, we get there, spent our day between two malls, which were beautiful by the way, only to learn that this Sephora does not carry what we needed...However, we enjoyed a nice dinner at the Macaroni Grill, with a terrific view of the Dubai Aquarium behind us, which basically is a 3 story fish tank full of amazing marine life. It was better this way, not having to pay 50 dirhams each to walk through it...wow, I sound cheap...However, I wasn't today. To cheer Mal up, I took her to H&M, which we love, bought her a few items, and also bought her a miniature trampoline (not at H&M, but an athletic store around the corner), which is something she wanted in order to begin her new workout routine. Random...However, this was Mallori's favorite part of our day.

My favorite part, was catching the sunset at the Burj Al Arab, one of Dubai's most popular landmarks, and the world's only 7 star hotel. No, I didn't continue the splurging and get us a room there, but we did spend time at the public beach next door. It was our first time stepping foot in the Persian Gulf, or the Arabian Gulf as it's called here. The water was perfect, a terrific ending to our long but eventful day! After having my fill of taking pictures, we spent about 30 minutes collecting sea shells to decorate our new apartment which we move into tomorrow night. The shells have a pinkish hue to them, which matches our bathroom colors...I got to choose blue for our bedroom, so it's only fair that Mal can choose pink for the Bathroom. We're excited to further decorate and make this large but beautiful apartment more like our own. It will be hard though to leave our current home though, the Beach Rotana Hotel, where we've been for almost 2 months. But I think we'll manage.

Anywho, enjoy the photos!!!

Enjoy