Our "Staycation" to Atlantis Dubai

We've been in Dubai a week today and it feels like it has been much longer! We have been couped up in a hotel with no car and the kids aren't in school yet so we needed a break:) Off we went, about 2 miles up the road, to Atlantis Dubai. It was a last minute decision and I just called them and booked a room so we could go to the waterpark and get out of this hotel for a bit. It was a GREAT hotel! The kids had a ball..they had a kid's play place, waterpark, and of course a great beach. Any visitors that come we will certainly take you there. It is such a nice resort and only about 5 minutes from where our place will be on the Palm.

I've added some pics. Interesting thing about the water park..and pool..in one blink you would see a bikini clad European showing it all off and in the next blink a woman dressed in the water from head to toe. The great thing is that everyone can co-exist and it all seems very normal. Very "Disney" like - so clean, so nice, the people so friendly. I was at a mall the other day and as soon as I left the bathroom stall someone was behind me cleaning it up. Amazing- in a public mall restroom:)

Not that everyone is friendly...the cabs are absolutely nuts (and the drivers) but overall the people here are very helpful. I did just read in a book that I should not sit in the front of the cab as it would be considered an invitation. Hmmm....will definitely remember that one!

Will is going to play for a soccer team tomorrow morning so we will see how he likes the team, and on Sunday they start the first day of school. Weston was observed in his classroom last week and really liked it. The teacher was so nice, I think he will love it. Will had to take a 2 hour test and he passed so he'll be starting 4th grade for the second time this year! They both seem very excited about the school.

We are just ready to get settled in our place but had to get a bank account first so they could get paid. Logistics....

The boys were excited to find a living starfish!

From one of the many beautiful pools!

From our balcony looking out at Palm