The Reinhart Girls Excellent Adventure

We had an excellent adventure today. Our new friend, Donita Jones, offered to take us on a tour of the "Old Dubai" - to see the Spice and Gold Markets and to visit the Dubai Museum. With my girlies and her 4 dear ones, there were 7 kids total. They were troopers in the 107 degree heat. The kids experienced 4 different modes of transportation is 4 hours - metro, bus, boat, and taxi.

Here are the kids and Donita on the Metro. The Dubai Metro is so new and beautiful.

The Dubai Bus system is also amazingly new and beautiful.

Annie and her new friend Sam on the Metro.

The clan on a traditional Arabian dhow - riding across Dubai Creek.

A mosque and another dhow - the view from our little cruise.

Shopping at the Spice Souk (Spice Market). Unbelievable - they sold every spice imaginable. Entering he market was like going back in time.

A sampling of the gold jewelry in the Gold Souk. Some of the most magnificent jewelry I've ever seen (hey Don - our 15th Wedding Anniversay is coming up.. hint, hint).

We then walked through the Fabric/Textile Souk. We bought gorgeous wall hangings for the girls bedrooms, beautiful shirts - everything was so inexpensive. Annie fell in love with the Arabic mannequin. She loved on him something crazy.

The girls wanted me to buy them these belly dancer outfits, but I held out. Katie was pretty insistent - she thought it was very glamorous.

The Dubai Museum was our next stop. It was very interesting. Did you know that in the 1940's Dubai was barely a city? It is amazing how much has changed and how modern the city is - it's basically only 70 years old. Incredible growth in such a short amount of time.

The kids in front of a traditional Arabic fishing boat.

Back home on the Metro after a long, exciting day. The girls will sleep well tonight.