K6 UAE

Do not, under any circumstances, drink  camel milk . EVER. *dramatic music* Reason number one: Smell It smells like yogurt. Which isn't bad for yogurt, but when you smell it for another food *shudders* It catches you off guard. Reason number two: Appearances They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but in this case, when your drink is separating into layers before your eyes, I think it's safe to say it's probably not homogenized. Reson number three: Taste The final factor in our gourmet disaster. It tastes like: "Expired plain yogurt that has been mixed with rotten eggs." (Henry) "It was like bitter milk" (Dad) "Yeah, and that has been blasted by a nuke?! More like; a skunk sat in a milk carton and FARTED." (Henry) Interpret that conversation how you will, both are perfectly accurate descriptions. Ben puked his out back into his cup. Greta cheated and merely smelled it. The rest of us managed somehow to swallow our...

             Hi! This is now Henry!     This is my first blog post, so I'll try to avoid major rabbit trails and provide good reading. Today was rather quiet, and we stayed at the hotel most of the day. We woke up in the morning to a nice breakfast Mom prepared. After that, we donned walking shoes and strolled along the marina to a British-ish supermarket of sorts named Spinneys. There we exchanged our US dollars to UAE dirhams. Not criticizing, but they have boring coins. Anyway, inside Spinneys, it was different than the other markets I've been to before in that it was much less crowded, some signs were completely  English instead of multi-lingual, and it sold pork in a closed-off section. Selling pork is rare since Islam deems pork "unclean". Anyway, after getting groceries, we walked along the marina home. The pork room, which is deep in the back of the store, is loaded with bacon, ham, and the occasional Spam t...

        Yes! I can finally say that I have been to Abu Dhabi! This post covers all of the best day yet, so I'm going to try a different tactic this time: Yesterday was Mom's first time driving in the UAE. Based on her reaction, I think that she thinks driving is stressful, because her knuckles were pretty white for the hour it took to drive there. Oh, and guess who saw the first camel? ME!!😄 We looked around some neighborhoods we are thinking of living at, then Mom drove us to a mall for a celebratory "We didn't crash" lunch. Since she was the driver, she got to pick where we ate. We ended up at a French restaurant, where we were served  this gourmet ketchup . At the same place, Henry ordered CocaCola, and it came in this way cool glass bottle. Greta's bear shaped cookie she got for dessert. And now we get to our Beach Adventure. That's Greta, and the picture is at the Abu Dhabi Beach. She's looking for shells and other such...

#1: The Flight from Sioux Falls to Chicago       We started off to the airport from my Grandparents' house. My Aunty drove us there so her family could buy our van. Security was hard on my nerves, but fortunately it passed without incident for us. Waiting for the plane wasn't too bad, and it didn't take too terribly long! Then we finally boarded our plane. It wasn't a big one, but I was comfortable enough. My ears adjusted to the pressurized cabin, as we lifted off the runway. I got a window seat on this time, and I spent most of the one hour and forty minutes of the flight staring out the window at the clouds, and the tiny, itty-bitty peasants beneath me. According to Ben, "I can see why google maps puts the ground into squares because that's what it actually looks like! When we flew into Zurich, we flew through the clouds!"  Flying with Dad was great because he could answer all our questions. "They're contrails, short for 'condensatio...

What 450 alotted pounds of luggage looks like Here we go! We leave Sioux Falls at 230. Fly to Chicago,  then Zurich, then land in Dubai Wednesday the 19th, 9pm local time It's really happening! Some of us were awake at 230 this morning with excitement.  Some were awake at 5 am with anxiety. All of us are dealing with a mixture of both. The adventure begins!