Britta's Birthday Party

Evil Lara!!

Mushy Peas....

The monsters...

Nici Has His Birthday Party - Mexican Style

Stefano's mate - Nici - invited us to join him for an evening meal to celebrate his birthday.

Cheers.....

My Birthday Day... Burj Kahlifa

The day started fantastically with a cake from the hotel...



Then we had a day in the shopping mall under the Burj Kahlifa where the worlds largest pain of glass can be found.



It's a Guiness Record...



From there it was onto and up the world's tallest building: Burj Kahlifa



You can only go up to the 124th floor (just over half way) - but it's still very impressive.



From there we walked around the fountain display and had a lovely meal which saw us onto the 8th of October when Nadine then had her birthday!



The meal was once again....

 

Mariangela's 50th Birthday Party

A spontaneous decision to call around at Mariangela's and join-in in her birthday celebrations.

Kelly's Birthday Get-together

What a great evening...
Maybe a beer or two too many! But, what a good evening!









But maybe the cake was to blame for the freaky window jump!?

Greece 2011 - Day 9

Blue skies.....
But it's still time to leave Sougia and head onto Matala. First task, drive up and over the mountains - in gale force winds!!!

Every body ready!?

Up at the tops... In the clouds!

The wind farm up at the tops were having a blast of a time!

Next stop Chania, the capitol of Crete.
Luckily the rains had stopped for a while, while we walked around the old town doing the touristy stuff!

The old harbour and town wall.

We stopped for a bite to eat - toasted sandwiches. The ladies took the sunshine seats!

I took the English, Stef the American and Sarah the Mediteranian.
Super sandwiches... They didn't last long enough to photograph them!

But Anna did photograph her birthday present to me - a silver bracelet.

After Chania we drove onto Rethymnon and then South over the mountains again.

We made a stop in Spili. A beautiful little village at the foot of Mt Vorizi.
It has a lovely little center with lots of water features.

From Spili we had another hour to get to Matala.
On the way you pass over a hill that over looks the bay of Timbaki. The waves were strong!

We tried to get in at Hotel Di Matala - Harula's, but she wasn't there!
So we turned around and went back to Pitsidia and found a room there.

Then we walked into the old village center and had something to eat. The ladies were friendly and very hospitable.

I took the octopus! Very nice.

Stef took the chicken.