Aussie in Sweden (and other places)

We arrived in Rome today, meaning the Dubai leg of our trip is over (on our last day we went to Jumeriah Beach and the Mall of the Emirates and saw the 7 star hotel).

Our first day in Rome has been great, the weather was sunny, 16 degrees but got a bit cooler this evening. We went inside the Colosseo, Palatino, the Pantheon and saw the Fontana di Trevi. We ate our first pizza, (pepperoni) and it was beautiful. We have also never seen so many scooters in our lives.

The internet place we are at doesn’t let us upload photos so we’ll do it another time.

Thanks for your comment mum, I’m glad to see you have mastered it! Am still missing you guys and thinking of you heaps.

Sam and Soph

The desert safari was absolutely incredible. We saw camels, eagles, ostriches and rabbits on our way to the dunes and once we got there all we saw was sand and white Landcruisers. Here is a short video of a view from our car and some photos of the day. (it should work soon)

This is a photo from the top of a dune looking out. You’ll notice people and a Landcruiser in the bottom left-hand corner.

This is a photo of all of us dressed in traditional Arabian dress at the campsite at the end of our safari. We ate all the traditional foods (yes, Marilyn, there were dates) and watched belly dancing.

This photo is of our Henna tattoos, it’s really just paint that doesn’t wash off for a few weeks.

Thanks for your comments guys, good to know you’re reading it.

Everything went to plan, we made all our flights, they were all on time and our luggage arrived at the same place as us. The food on the plane was pretty good, about 10 different courses which means we ate all night and didn’t sleep much.

Today we made our way from the airport to our hotel and thought we would go to the Gold Souq in Deira. After a simple cheap cab ride from the airport, Sophie decided to catch the bus which was even cheaper but took one and a half hours to get there. When we finally got there it started to rain and the cats hanging around the ‘restaurant’ made us decide to head back to the hotel, by taxi.

Tomorrow we have a desert safari booked which includes bbq dinner and belly-dancing. Thanks to everyone that sent messages, we won’t reply because they cost too much but we appreciate them. (I’m missing Australia and family already. - Soph)

Sam, Soph and Lachlan