Well the family has finally ALL arrived at the villa in Al Khobar...
but not without being quite an interesting trip...here is the kids side of the story...
They left Wenatchee around 11am went to Seattle then flew to Amsterdam, here are some of the opinions on the 9 hour flight...
*Ben: It was awesome but the food wasn't great...thank goodness for the licorice!
*Traci: I hated the flight but the food was amazing!
*Zack: There was no entertainment :( but the food was wonderful...some of it was kinda strange but I ate Ben's too!
Once they got to Amsterdam they got to sit in "super cool chairs that looked like a chicken egg walking...with lamps that looked like the 'Pixar light'"
Zack said there was a really cool Cheesecake, that tasted like Pumpkin Pie...
"it was awesome"-Zack
They said they accidentally sat next to the smoking room...Ben said the smoke was so gross, there was smoke coming out from under the door! Ewww....
They waited in Amsterdam for 5 hours...when they got on the flight to Bahrain there was a little girl that got on the plane that was crying so hard...the faces that the little girl made i can't explain well enough so I will let Ben show you...
They said that her crying face was so funny that when she looked at them, Zack literally busted out laughing! Poor little girl! lol
They had there entertainment back on the second flight...needless to say they were super happy..the boys got to watch Sherlock Holmes 2!
Once they arrived in Bahrain things didn't exactly go as planned but after a long night in a hotel, a short flight to Dammam and a short drive they finally arrived at the Villa in Khobar, they said the first few things they noticed were...
1. Everyone was always staring at them...
2. Everyone was either very tall or very tiny, no in between..
3. Everyone was either super nice or a total jerk...
4. Everyone smokes...
Ben said "we will come home smoking too...cause were HOT" :)
They went shopping and while at a souvenier shop a random man walked up to him,
"he was very nice I assumed he was the shop owner,
Man: Are you a student?
Ben: yes
Man: a college student?
Ben: no sir i'm still in high school...
Man: whoa...your body is huge!"
Apparently they weren't kidding when they said everyone was tall or tiny! :)
Ben said that some of the Abayas were very creepy...
He said there was one lady was completely covered...in a Black Widow Burqa...
What do you think??
They didn't have any food in the villa so they went out to eat...at APPLEBEE'S...what a bunch of dorks!
They said that the pop there tastes different...its made with real sugar and not corn syrup! Ben and Zack both said it was really good!
Once they really got to go "home"...
Ben said he walked in and hated it when they got there he was so homesick...after the worst day of his life to date he just wanted to go home! After he started unpacking in his new room, it was much better!
He got a IPod dock for his room and he said "its so awesome"
Ben was able to already learn how to write the Arabic Number System...now to learn the alphabet...GOOD LUCK BEN!
Here is the ANS...
Well that's all I have so far but their adventure has just began...
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