Our trip to Dubai didn’t exactly start out like we had envisioned. Long story short, Jon’s passport was expiring in 60 days. Come to find out, you have to be no shorter than 90 days from expiring to get in! He rerouted through Georgia for a same day passport + met us over there a couple days later.
I could tell by Jon’s face that something wasn’t right. He didn’t even want to ask me to do it, the sweet gate lady told me. And those words haunted me, but instead of going home to cry – – – like I thought I had wanted to in that very moment, we grabbed the bags + the kids + with tears in my eyes, we bravely headed on our first flight to Paris. They let him through security to help us get on, but saying goodbye wasn’t easy!
Basically my worst nightmare a 20 hour plane flight with kids alone. I’ll spare the details, because the this was a trip of a lifetime that totally made it worth it! 🙂 You can read more about it + what we packed here.
Looking back on the memories we made over there, I’d do it 10 times over.
Without a question. . . but really kinda praying I don’t have to anytime soon!
Still realizing how many lessons I learned on that 22 hour flight.
Mainly, how JUAN MAKES LIFE SO MUCH BETTER.
We had the very, very best time in Dubai.
It blew every expectation I had out of the water, it was by far one of the coolest places we have ever been!
Wanted to share a few of our cherished memories with y’all. You can check out our entire itinerary here.
Hope you enjoy it + that you’ll all make it there someday, if you haven’t already!
xx,
ginger
Flying with three kids alone sounds..like a nightmare! My husband and I went home to Kauai a couple summers ago, my daughter at the time was almost one and had just started walking. The flight took 48 hours with multiple stopovers. Lani made us walk up an down the aisles with her, stealing things from peoples bags on the floor, asking for crackers from random passengers, and basically becoming friends with everyone. I was so scared the whole plane would hate us for flying with children, and there were a few hours where she was super cranky and cried so loud I wanted to bury my head in the luggage compartment. But we made it and the trip was, like you said it, SO worth it! My husband is still traumatized though, and brings that flight up every time we talk about our next trip. Haven’t seen Dubai yet, but we live in Israel, and I think we’ve had enough desert and will hit the tropics next!
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