Yet again time for a birthday. I turned 29 for the first time J on the 22^nd of July 2004.

Michael and I got up early and went to the beach for a morning swim. Surprisingly, the

water was quite pleasant and not the normal hot tub temperature. The Burj and Jumerirah

Beach Hotel in the background.

In the evening guests started showing up. Wendy standing, Toufic and Cris in the couch

and Caroline and Bushra (back to the camera) opposite them.

When Petr and Lenka arrived, they brought a Birthday Cake!!

Thankfully only with one symbolic candle!

Dinner time. We tried our luck with a Fondue dinner, defintely a pass and great fun.

My husband... Petr being creative with the HP camera.

And yes, that WAS my third piece of chocolate cake. Hey, it was my birthday!!!

Girls against the boys. Caroline’s looking very concentrated as we play Trivial Pursuit,

the Globetrotter version.

These guys are doing some hard thinking.... Cris looking up to see if

Toufic has the answer.

No, still no luck....

Caroline and I waited patiently for them to come up with an answer.

But finally, they had to surrender! The girls beat the boys in the final play off!