Dubai

We had not been to Dubai before and after returning here from Austria, we did a little bit of sightseeing. We decided to use Uber to get to the places we wanted to visit, which worked very well, usually we were driven in a nice Lexus car.

Our first destination was the creek, with old and rebuilt buildings of the Dubai before oil was discovered. We walked through the gold souq, the spice souq, crossed the creek on an abra and walked through the streets.

Tired from walking, we went on a cruise along the creek before we found a restaurant for dinner and returned to our airport hotel, the Premier Inn, which has a pool on the rooftop with great views.

The next day, we started at The Frame, a huge building which is just a monument and serves no other purpose, than to give you a great view. A little exhibition about the old and new Dubai complement the experience.

The next stop at the Museum of the Future was short, as tickets were already sold out.

We took an Uber to the Dubai Marina, an artificial waterway with many high-risers but nice to walk around and with many restaurants at the promenade.

Our next stop was at Madinat Jumeirah, from where we had a great view of the Burj al Arab.

Finally, we made our way to the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. We had seen it already from far, but standing close to it and looking up was incredible. After it got dark, the fountain show started, which we watched together with many other tourists.

Dubai is a truly fascinating place, and there are many more places to see and things to explore, but for us, it was enough of city exploring.

We will be picked up by the lovely Mercedes team tomorrow morning and although the workshop is closed due to the end of Ramadan, they organised a mechanic, who will put all the spare parts in which we brought from Austria.