Day 7 of our holiday took us back to Anaheim to Disneyland again. This time however, we started our day in the Disneyland park and went on some of the older rides like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad several times (Mum’s…
Day 6 – More Shopping
We all really enjoyed a slowed down, relaxing day out today. We left the hotel around 9am and headed down the I5 towards Carlsbad, down towards San Diego where we did some shopping at the Premium Outlets in Carlsbad. We…
Day 5 – Universal Studios Hollywood
Day 5 took us up the I5 through Los Angeles and to Universal Studios Hollywood for a day of rides and entertainment. Being early on a Sunday morning, the traffic was relatively light for Los Angeles. We started off at…
Day 4 – Shopping
Day 4 didn’t involve much except 1 word – shopping … oh, and spending too much money. After a nice sleep-in this morning, we drove up the I5 and went to the Citadel Outlets just short of the centre of…
Day 3 – DisneyLand
Day 3 was all about DisneyLand. The park was open from 9am until midnight. We left our hotel at 8am and drove around 15 minutes up the I5 to park in the Disney parking garage. We purchased our multi-day park…
New Adventure – USA 2017
So we are off to the USA again for a 10 day holiday in Southern California (aka SoCal). Fortunately we were able to enjoy the Qantas First Class lounge in Melbourne before our departure for LAX. We all enjoyed a…
Homeward Bound
We set off this morning for a short 5 minutes drive down to the Jumeirah Beach for a paddle. It was quite busy already and of course, very warm. It is located not far along the coast from the Burj Al…
On Top of the World
We had a slightly earlier start to our day today (after our healthy sleep ins yesterday) and after breakfast, we headed to the largest shopping mall in the world (depending on what measure you use), the Dubai Mall. Regardless of…
A Relaxing Day 1 in Dubai
After arriving in our apartment late last night and having no set agenda for today, we decided to not set any alarms and consequently everyone enjoyed a good sleep in with one person awaking at close to 10am. We all…
Arrived safely in Dubai
We left our apartment in Paris at 7:30am and caught the train to the Charles de Gaulle airport. We checked in to our Emirates flight to Dubai and made our way through immigration and security etc. Fortunately, we were all…