What a terrible blogger I have become.... nothing from me for months. The reason for that is not too much has been happening beside heat. Delhi has been in the grip of a serious summer, it has been over 43 degrees for as long as I can remember. I am eternally thankful to the people that invented air conditioning, and can't even imagine what living through heat like this would be like without it. Even though so many people in this place do.
There has been a lot of 'goings' from Delhi. The minute the school closes up, the aeroplanes take off and the tumbleweed rolls in (not quite in a city of 20 million people). Some very special people have taken off this summer and won't be coming back to Delhi shores, thankfully a lot will be.
I'v been working part-time which has allowed for some long weekends. On one of these recently we managed to scrap in a little trip to Oman and Dubai to see some very good friends. In Muscat we stayed at the Shangri-La Hotel and just swam, ate Aussie beef (in many states) and relaxed in the heat looking at the Arabian Sea. It was a few days of just relaxing.
We then drove to Dubai (via Shobha - a must see!) with our mates and had one day checking out the malls of Dubai. I need to pencil in a trip back as didn't get around to seeing nearly enough stuff but importantly I saw Dubai's new Waitrose, Jones the Grocer, Nespresso store and a butcher. Another highlight was Milk and Honey - a gorgeous little grocer that stocked amazing olives, Carmen's museli bars, Natural Confectionary company lollies and quite delicious cupcakes. Dubai's malls blew my mind after Delhi and have a feeling that place hasn't stopped growing yet! Cate - pencil me back into the spare bedroom soon!
Otherwise, today is Sophie's 2nd birthday so there has been plenty of cake, balloons and Charlie and Lola episodes (her absolute favourite). Can't believe she is 2! Where has the time gone......
Here's to another day of 44 degrees......
There has been a lot of 'goings' from Delhi. The minute the school closes up, the aeroplanes take off and the tumbleweed rolls in (not quite in a city of 20 million people). Some very special people have taken off this summer and won't be coming back to Delhi shores, thankfully a lot will be.
I'v been working part-time which has allowed for some long weekends. On one of these recently we managed to scrap in a little trip to Oman and Dubai to see some very good friends. In Muscat we stayed at the Shangri-La Hotel and just swam, ate Aussie beef (in many states) and relaxed in the heat looking at the Arabian Sea. It was a few days of just relaxing.
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| View from Shangri-La |
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| Soph and Tom meet the locals |
We then drove to Dubai (via Shobha - a must see!) with our mates and had one day checking out the malls of Dubai. I need to pencil in a trip back as didn't get around to seeing nearly enough stuff but importantly I saw Dubai's new Waitrose, Jones the Grocer, Nespresso store and a butcher. Another highlight was Milk and Honey - a gorgeous little grocer that stocked amazing olives, Carmen's museli bars, Natural Confectionary company lollies and quite delicious cupcakes. Dubai's malls blew my mind after Delhi and have a feeling that place hasn't stopped growing yet! Cate - pencil me back into the spare bedroom soon!
Otherwise, today is Sophie's 2nd birthday so there has been plenty of cake, balloons and Charlie and Lola episodes (her absolute favourite). Can't believe she is 2! Where has the time gone......
Here's to another day of 44 degrees......
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