Thursday - We woke up feeling a lot better than we did when we went to bed...luckily and decided we would go to Cameron's new office to catch up with the guys and let them know that we had arrived safely. We chatted with them for a while before heading to the shops to have a look around, buy Cameron some new work clothes and refamiliarise ourselves with the place. We had no car at this stage, so we taxi'd everywhere we wanted to go. Fortunently taxi's are fairly cheap in Dubai as the meter only runs when you are moving. A pretty relaxing day, before having dinner and getting an early night to bed.
Friday - We tried to make enquiries about hire cars today, however since it is the first day of the weekend in the UAE all the car rental offices were closed. We caught a taxi out to Ibn Battuta Mall (one of our favourites as it is HUGE and decorated in sections, representing various places in the world, such as China, Persia & India). We had a buffet "all you can eat" lunch at one of the restaurants there called FINZ which cost 55 Dirhams (from now on referred to as AED) which in Australia works out to be about $20.00 and the food was absolutely delicious! We then went and saw a movie (the Break Up) before having a wander in the mall. By the time we wandered from one end of the other and back again we were exhausted so we grabbed some bottles of water and went outside (which gave Kathryn a chance to defrost as she was freezing with the airconditioning). While we were out there a little girl came up to us and said "hello" (after commenting to her Dad that we looked different to her and the dad encouraging her to come and speak to us) so we said hello back and had a short conversation with her. She was extremely cute. Then we went back to the Winchester, had dinner then we sat down together and went through the newspapers to have a look at any "potential" apartment rentals in the areas that we wanted. We found a couple, which Cameron was to look into when he arrived at work the next morning.
Saturday - Cameron got up nice and early to go to work and I went back to bed ready for a nice long sleep in, however that plan changed when Cameron messaged me saying "we have appointment with real estate agent for apartment number 1 on our list at 11am. Meet me at my office at 10". So up i got, and caught a taxi to his work. We walked to the closest shopping centre (Lamcy Plaza) and caught a taxi to "The Greens". Unfortunently (as we were later to find out) the taxi driver had only been driving in Dubai for 4 months and had no idea how to get to the Greens (and neither did we) so instead of telling us he didn't know where to go (street maps in taxi's are almost non-existant in Dubai) he took us miles out of our way to a place called "Green Community". After quite a few phone calls - him to his mates asking for directions and us to the real estate agent to tell her we would be late and to apologise - we finally made it there 30 minutes late. Luckily she was very understanding and took us upstairs to see the unit. We fell in love with it straight away and decided we wanted to take it. It is only 1 bedroom but is a huge space with a separate kitchen, distinct areas for a lounge and dining room and two entrances to the bathroom (one from the little hall and the other from our bedroom). It also has wall to wall floor to ceiling built in cupboards in the bedroom (heaps of storage) a bath (with the shower over it) a dishwasher and a little balcony off our lounge room. (See Plan)
In the complex we also have our own car spot, a pool and a gym. We are close to the Mall of the Emirates which is another one of our favourite shopping centres.
Sunday - A day of rest! (For Kathryn - poor Cameron had to work!)
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