Day One

Well I have made it to Abu Dhabi. I am in my hotel, but I will get to that in a minute first I will tell you about getting here. My parents and I arrived at the airport at 2:30 p.m. about 5 hours early for boarding to make sure we had enough time. Well we had enough time since the checking counter didn’t even open until 4:45, but I found two teacher that where here last year and was able to talk to them and get to know more about them. After checking in and a sad and tearful goodbye to my mom and dad, I made it though security. There I sat and chatted with the two teachers about what they had experience the time before. We finally board the plan at 7:15 p.m. We were all boarded but take off was delayed for about 20 minutes due to weather. (That what I get for my parents saying to wont effect my flight).


So, on the flight all is going well. I had the person next to me moved so that another women traveler could set next to me. I had a seat by the window which I was happy for I didn’t have much of a view since I was on the wing, but it was okay with me. Once we were in the air things seemed to take forever, however I think that some of that is due to this being the longest flight I have ever been on and the nerves I still had. On the flight I ate the first meal which contained of Chicken and pasta, a salad, roll, and bread pudding. It was a pretty good meal. I made sure to take the advice and drank more water then juice, I didn’t even touch pop. After dinner I started my movies and sleep marathon. I was able to get up one time before I started this though to make sure to stretch. There were some great movies on the flight I ended up watching Shrek forever After, The Lighting Thief, The Back-Up Plan, Valentine’s Day and Mentalist. I ended up sleeping about five to six hours on the flight. Not too bad.

Once we got to the airport we where meet at once with the travel agency, they took us to get through customs (our retina scan) and helped us get our bag (all mine came in fine). Then took us to the bus where we all received a red rose. The bus took us through the downtown and to our hotel (Rotana Beach), where we were greeted and brought into the hotel. We then had to hand over our passports for scanning (which I will go pick up before breakfast), get our room keys and then our welcome refreshment. I at this time had orange juice. I then made it to my room and had a teary again call home to let people know I was alright. I then received my suitcase and went to unpacking them. I found all of the food items that I brought with me so that I can munch when I would like. I took a nice hot shower which was much need, and learned my bathtub is really high. Then went to sleep and about 10:45 p.m. AD time. I sadly woke up at 3:00 am our time (6 pm home time) hungry. So I have been up since ate a little took a few picture and I am now sitting here typing this watching the sunrise out of my window. I am hoping to have this posted before I started writing my next installment, but that will depended on my internet. So Insha’Allah (god willing).