Burj Khalifa
2018年12月12日, アラブ首長国連邦 ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Trip to the top of the world's tallest building. 828 meters (125 floors) and only 77 seconds to get to the top
The views are breathtaking and even at that height the air is warm and still.
Roda el marooj hotel
2018年12月12日, アラブ首長国連邦 ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We had a huge two bedroom apartment here with breakfast on the balcony overlooking the pool. First thing to note - don't ever order a gin and tonic at the poolside bar - $40NZD - (each).
Kids lovingもっと詳しく
Gold souk
2018年12月13日, アラブ首長国連邦 ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Walked through the gold souk. Can't really move for people coming up to you with cries of "copy watch" or "copy bag". Most of the gold is that very yellow gold - not really to our taste so wasn'tもっと詳しく
Desert Safari
2018年12月13日, アラブ首長国連邦 ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Desert safari and wadi bashing (four wheel driving over the sand dunes) - great fun.
The kids had a go at sandboarding and we all had a camel ride before a big meal on carpets under the clear nightもっと詳しく
Desert safari (II)
2018年12月13日, アラブ首長国連邦 ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Dubai Beach
2018年12月14日, アラブ首長国連邦 ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
A great promenade with cafes and restaurants interspersed with shops and leisure activities for the kids all while looking out at the Persian gulf.
Last day in Dubai
2018年12月15日, アラブ首長国連邦 ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
On the way to airport - next stop - Heathrow.
7.00 am and Dubai is just waking up. Love this time of day anywhere but the colors here are amazing.
Leaving the heat for the cold of the UK andもっと詳しく
Hatfield Peverel Football Club
2018年12月16日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Watching Sienna play football on a cold clear afternoon. Unfortunately the girls lost 3 - 0 but Sienna played well and they had fun.
Considering we arrived in driving rain yesterday it was a bit of aもっと詳しく
London Eye
2018年12月17日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
We took a spin on the London Eye today. Weather perfect and you could see for miles.
Madam Tussauds
2018年12月18日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
I was the only one who wanted to interact with the figures so here is me hanging with some of my historical and not so historical homies:
- discussing the relative merits of Irish self rule withもっと詳しく
Winter Wonderland Hyde Park
2018年12月18日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Winter Wonderland (II)
2018年12月18日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Fun in the cold
Randomly London
2018年12月18日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Bits and pieces as we wandered around.
Bruges at night
2018年12月19日, ベルギー ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Wandering around Bruges at night. Amazing town. The architecture is fantastic and the Christmas markets are great.
Bruges at night (II)
2018年12月19日, ベルギー ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Kids having fun ice skating in the town square.
Bruges by day
2018年12月20日, ベルギー ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Spent the day wandering around Bruges. Managed to get lost (saved by Google maps), find a bar with 400 beers, take a horse and cart tour of the town and sample some Belgian chocolate.
Leave tomorrowもっと詳しく
Paris, France
2018年12月21日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Made it to Paris after two nice train trips, one from Bruges to Brussels and then from Brussels to Paris (Gare du Nord, the largest train station in Europe according to our taxi driver).
Found hotelもっと詳しく
Paris II
2018年12月22日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Police and protesters.
Eiffel Tower
2018年12月22日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Not a very good day unfortunately so only went to second floor as visibility was restricted higher up.
Even from here though, the views are fantastic.
More Paris
2018年12月23日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Hop on hop off bus around Paris. Great fun and a great way to see the city.
Visited the Louvre. What an amazing place. A few small photos does not even begin to do it justice. Huge crowds around thatもっと詳しく
Heybridge, Essex
2018年12月24日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Just a short walk from Chez Hoskin. Heybridge, the Riviera of East Anglia, oh and one photo of how you make a billiard ball.
Christmas Morning
2018年12月25日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
-2 degrees on xmas morning. Kids have been spoiled and weirdly I have found myself wearing a Christmas Jersey. I look like Jack bloody Tame.
So much wrapping paper- anyway here's some pics.
South End Pier
2018年12月27日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Spent most of the day at South End Pier, the longest pleasure pier in the world. The iron pier was built in 1889.
The fair rides were all closed being winter but it was a slightly hazy cold still dayもっと詳しく
The Football
2018年12月29日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Went to local football match. Colchester v Morecambe. Nil all draw but fantastic game.
Followed this with curry and beer. Perfect!
New Year's Eve at La Guaca
2018年12月31日, イングランド ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Brilliant dinner at the local Mexican restaurant - great food and a great margarita - perfect!
旅行者A very quick ride to the top. Great photos.