Hi All, great to see some new and recent posts.... here are some pictures to catch up from our recent weeks. This is Anna and Tom headed to their first Piano recital. Anna did great....
Thomas, who picked up a pair of 3-D glasses after we say the matinee for Tangled.
And Lemon, who is going to get a ZU-Zu pet for Christmas if she is good.
Here is the Mosque that is one block away from Marty's and Trudie's home. We toured through another Mosque - the Jemeriah Mosque - which is an educational centre to teach people about the Islamic Faith - the five pillars of Islam. There seems to be a mosque every few blocks!
Here we are on the top of the Burj Kalifa - the tallest building in the world! We are on the 124th floor. That is the highest that the public can go - the viewing platform - and what a view it is! When the recession hit Dubai, the city ran out of money to complete this project, so Abu Dhabi (the capital of the United Arab Emirates) put up the money to finish this building ... with a hitch. The building was originally to be named the Burj Dubai - t-shirts, souvenirs, etc. were already made ready for sale for opening day - but Abu Dhabi insisted that the building was now to be renamed the Burj Kalifa. Apparently this was a huge disappointment for the citizens of Dubai, but that was the only way that this project could be completed.
