Wednesday 17 February 2016

First Day In Dubai








TRAVEL Vi startede dagen ud ret sent, efter at være ankommet til hotellet kl. 6 i morges lokal tid. Vi sov længe og missede morgenmadsbuffeten på hotellet og besluttede derfor at sætte kurs mod The Dubai Mall, for at få en bid mad og naturligvis også shoppe lidt. Vi spiste på IHOP med en fantastisk udsigt til mange af de skyhøje bygninger, heriblandt den højeste, Burj Khalifa. Vejret var fantastisk, omend noget overskyet. Men varmt var der i hvert fald! Jeg bestilte Eggs Benedict og Mikkel fik Strawberry Cheesecake Pancakes, men vi endte faktisk med at dele, fordi jeg ikke var så vild med min mad (hvad skulle jeg dog gøre uden min personlige tallerkenrydder?) 

Vi tilbragte hefter timevis i det kolossale shoppingcenter - det var ganske enkelt overvældende! Der er alt, virkelig alt! Og vi havde ærligt talt svært ved at overskue det hele, så vi gik bevidst efter nogle butikker som vi på forhånd vidste vi ville i. Da vi tog hjem var vejret blevet rigtig dårligt og vores plan om at skulle besøge hotellets pool blev derfor annulleret og vi besluttede i stedet at købe noget usundt til i aften, hvor vi bare vil slappe af og tidligt i seng. Vi er stadig ret udmattede efter turen herned. Men jeg glæder mig til i morgen, hvor vi forhåbentlig får oplevet noget mere af Dubai - gerne med godt vejr hele dagen! 

Translation // After a long day of traveling yesterday, we ended up sleeping in and leaving our hotel room quite late. We even missed the breakfast buffet at our hotel so we decided to go to The Dubai Mall to grab something to eat and do a bit of shopping. We ended up eating on the terrace of IHOP with an amazing view overlooking Burj Khalifa. The weather was amazing, although foggy but it was nice and warm. I went for Eggs Benedict and Mikkel got Strawberry Cheesecake Pancakes but we actually ended up sharing, as I didn't particularly like my food (what would I do without my personal omnivorous creature, he does come in handy!) 

We spent the rest of the day strolling around the massive Dubai Mall - it was rather overwhelming! Whatever you want, this centre got it! I honestly struggled to stay focused so we decided to only visit the stores that we had planned to beforehand. As we were heading back to the hotel, the weather suddenly changed for the worse and our plans of taking a dip in the hotel pool got cancelled. Still exhausted from yesterday we opted for a quiet night in and went to Carrefour to stuck up on lots of snacks to keep us satisfied. Can't wait to explore more of Dubai tomorrow and hopefully the weather will treat us nicely all day! 

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