Day three in Budapest and Ray and I decided we would join a walking tour available through the hop-on hop-off bus tour we had bought tickets for. First, we took the bus to St. Stephen’s Basilica, dedicated to the first Hungarian Christian king. Construction on the basilica was from 1851-1905. Inside the church was beautiful. …
Summer Adventure 2016- Budapest (part two)
In my last post about Budapest, Ray and I had fallen in love with the beauty of this city, just look at these pictures of Budapest as the sun went down the night before. Day two we wanted to explore more of the Buda side, specifically the Castle district up on the hill behind where …
Summer adventure 2016- Budapest (part one)
On July 2nd, after having spent the day in Dubai, Ray and I headed to the airport to start our journey to our next destination: Budapest, Hungary. Look how steamy it was in the plane, when the outside heat of Dubai mixed with the air-conditioning of the airplane. We arrived to the Budapest airport at …
Dubai- summer 2016 day 6&7 (7/1-2/16)
My last two days in the United Arab Emirates Ray and I went to Dubai. Luckily one of Ray’s friends, who is from the UAE, Khalid, was gracious enough to drive us to Dubai and stay with us for the two days, so we made the drive which is about an hour away from Abu Dhabi. …
Abu Dhabi 6/30/16 (Day five)
Day five I slept late because we were out so late the night before, but Ray had planned for us a desert safari. We got picked up at 5 in a Land Rover type jeep that then drove us out about 45 minutes away from central Abu Dhabi. Of course I know that Abu Dhabi …
Abu Dhabi 6/29/16 (day 4)
On my fourth day in Abu Dhabi we returned to the Emirates Palace hotel. The day before we were not allowed in because ray was in shorts (and they were nice shorts), though we saw other people wearing gym shorts even, but apparently they were guests (so it’s true rich people can get away with …
Abu Dhabi 6/27-28/16 (day two & three)
My second day in Abu Dhabi was a bit tougher for me because of a serious case of jet lag. It is 8 hours ahead here, and I was texting with some friends while I was trying to fall asleep and THEY were going to bed back home while I was still awake here. When …
Summer Adventure 2016 – Abu Dhabi Day One
I love traveling. Every summer, I try to make sure that I leave the country and have some exciting adventures in the country as well. Many of my adventures have been with students, showing them the world; it’s definitely one of the passions of my life. And a lot of those travels have involved my dear …