Khobar corniche

Pizza Inn at Khobar Corniche is definitely a favourite place

not for the food ( which is good) but for the view from their terrace.

And the nearby walk.

weekend at the corniche

Sci-tech





Lots of things to do

We pressed lots of buttons.

Lots of things to try

A wonderful Aqarium

Experimenting with creating dams



a view of the Atrium from the cafe



Last weekend we went to Sci-tech museum at Khobar corniche, its a favourite with our family. There is also an Imax cinema. This time we brought home a telescope so I'm now on the look out for a decent star map relevant to us if anyone knows where I can get one please let me know?

http://www.scitech.com.sa/?PUrl=Main&Lang=EN

By the way if you have any Dinosaurs fans in your family sci-tech will be having a dinosaur exhibition from the 8th of February in collaboration with the Natural History Museum in London.

Amendment

Well we went to see the exhibition yesterday only to be told there is no dinosaur exhibit, and that actually it was last year so I must apologise to anyone who went. Sorry. It seems Sci-tech hasn't updated their English website for a year. Next time I will call to check anything up and coming , we were all so disappointed.

Adventure weekend

This weekend was our first off road adventure!

A little desert adventure, we discovered dune buggies and camels!!!!





we found underwater colonies at half moon bay



we had a ride around the bay in this boat



and then we had a picnic at the top of a sand dune with a beautiful view



and watched the sun set over the Arabian sea

Iam so excited at the possibilities opening up by our new four wheel drive, let the adventures begin. I want to see more of Arabias beauty.

Saudi ARAMCO exhibit

 We had a little trip at the weekend to the ARAMCO exhibit, we have never been before so we piled into my Dads car and went to take a look, I m afraid I didn't get many photos just of the outside. It was of course mainly about oil and its processes and uses and three of my four children are really too young to appreciate the facts but they enjoyed pressing buttons. However I was so impressed by Kuku my eldest she went around totally absorbed and even got her visual diary out to make some notes!!!

                                    I was very interested in the landscaping there, I miss gardens.



Cafe Liwan

A little trip to our local Liwan cafe 'en famille' . Have you discovered it yet?

Bamboo Love

Last weekend, we had a little trip to Ikea (oh yes Ikea is in Saudi Arabia too!!!). We went with my Dad to have a little look around, and raid the houseplant section. I love houseplants but since moving here my ultra green fingers have suffered hopefully a temporary fault. Kuku my eldest had asked me for a plant of her own so that she could be 'responsible' for it. Unfortunately the shelves were quite bare with only some big plants left but we did find some bamboo. Perfect.... we took two home with us.



Bobo's has found its home in the living room.

 


Kuku's lives on her bedside table.