Trick or treat!

Happy Halloween, friends!

Your little pal Bryan is here, with another blog post to cheer you all up. Well, today is Halloween, and tonight all the scary ghosts and ghouls will be out scaring people in order to get lots of candy! Now, I was thinking this sounds like a great idea. I'm a lion, and I can go around scaring people every day! It's funny how people run away pretty fast if they know there's a lion about. It's funny, though, nobody gives me chocolate to make me go away. I must be doing it wrong! Grandma must scare lots of people because she always has loads of chocolate.

Anyway, I was out and about in the Mall today and I saw some Halloween things, so I thought you might be interested to see them.

This one was in the supermarket today, in the fruit and vegetable section. The big pumpkin is very big indeed! You could make a lot of pies out of that! I'm not sure what kind of vegetable that scary pirate skull is made of, though. Grandma said it was a skull fruit, but I've never heard of that!



This picture is a shop window. it is a chocolate shop, and all the pumpkins are made of orange, pumpkin-flavoured chocolate. I hope none of you are too scared by the great big spider at the bottom. If you are, just give me lots of candy and I'll make it go away! (See, I'm getting the hang of this Trick or Treat lark already!)

I saw those lion dancers in Texas Roadhouse all dressed up like witches and skeletons, but we didn't go there today so I didn't get any pictures of them. But I'm sure you can imagine how funny they looked. I did see some interesting things, though. I saw some cars made of wood. No, really, I did. they had wooden seats, wooden wheels, wooden lights, everything! And you know what? They "wooden" work! (That was a joke! Haha!) I don't think some of you cubs believe me, so here are the pictures I took, to prove it!

Did you notice there is one of those wooden puppets driving it? Grandad said he used to be a puppet, and sometimes when I see him driving I think he still is!

I also saw some camels in the Mall. Now I know you won't believe that, but it's true. Camels are very big. Some of you have got toy camels, and they are small like me, but real camels are huge and people can ride on them.

OK, well maybe it wasn't a real camel. It was made of metal. But it was the same size as a real one. There are also horses here, made of stone. I made friends with the one at Chang's. He agreed to pose for this nice picture, and he even smiled when I asked him. He's a very friendly horse.

I expect some of you are going out tonight to do some scary Halloween stuff. I hope you get lots of candy, and that you send some of it to me. Grandma won't let me have any of hers. Mind you, I did sneak a KitKat when she wasn't looking! KitKats are nice, but I would have quite liked one of those chocolate pumpkins. Anyway, have fun tonight, stay safe, and I hope it isn't too cold or wet for you. Maybe you could send Grandma some nice pictures of your Halloween costumes. I saw Faith and Lewis and their Mummy and Daddy all dressed up, and they looked great! I think their Daddy should keep that outfit and wear it every day for work, as it looked really smart.

Well, time to go now as I think my dinner is ready. I hope you like my blog. Until next time.

Bye bye and Happy Halloween,

Your scary pal Bryan xx

Dancing Lions?

Howdy y'all!

That means hello, in American! This is because I went to Texas a few days ago. No, it wasn't Texas in America, it was Texas Roadhouse in the Dubai Mall.

It was really great in there. They didn't mind having a lion in there, and they let me have lots of peanuts from a big bucket. They were nice, but the shells were a bit crunchy. Grandad seemed to think it was funny, and he told me after I ate them that you're not supposed to eat the shells. Naughty Grandad! The bread was very yummy. I asked for antelope or zebra for my main course, but they said they didn't do those, so I just had sirloin. I must say, I was quite excited to hear that there would be some lion dancing. I was expecting some big lions in lycra, twirling around some lionesses in sparkly dresses, doing waltzes and tangos. I was looking forward to that, but I must have misheard, because it turned out to be line dancing, which was a bunch of waiters shuffling their feet and clapping their hands. Oh well. It was all right, I suppose. Maybe I could persuade them to do lion dancing instead. I think they would get a lot more customers. And while they're at it, a bit of grilled antelope or zebra steak tips would certainly make a difference.

The Mall is very big, and has some unusual things in it. There is a very big fish tank, and you can walk through it in a glass tunnel. The sharks are a bit scary! There is also a really cool waterfall, which has silver men on it who look like they are diving. I think they should change the men and put lions on it. They could use me as the model!

There are lots of shops and you can buy just about anything you want in there. I was disappointed that the Krispy Kreme shop has closed, but at least they still have Cinnabon, which is nearly as good. There is a shop which sells lots of wooden toys, and Grandad told me he used to be a puppet made of wood, but I don't think he's telling the truth.

I would have liked to play mini-golf, but they don't seem to have it here. I bet Grandad is happy about that, because I keep beating him every time we play. He says he lets me win, but I don't think so.

We had a nice walk around, but it is a big place and I got quite tired. I went back to the apartment and watched a little bit of TV.

They don't have very good programmes on here, unfortunately. They have some shows I like, and I did watch some football (that's soccer, to you American cubs) but it's not as good as TV in England. I think I will just have to go out and do more things and take more pictures. Maybe I will just have to learn line dancing. But I won't wear lycra!

Anyway, that's all I have time for, so I will say bye bye until next time. Don't forget to leave some comments (you might have to get your Mummy to do that) so I know if anybody is really reading my blog. I hope you are, and I hope you like it.

Bye y'all!

It's HOT here!

Hello to all my little friends! And to any new little cubs who might be reading this!

I have spent some time looking around here and one thing I can tell you is it's very HOT here! I thought it was quite hot in Florida, but this is hotter. When you go outside it's like stepping into the oven! I will be a roast lion if I stay outside for too long. One thing I did to help to keep cool was go swimming. The place where I live now has a very big swimming pool. they said they don't let lions in it, but I sneaked in when the man wasn't looking!

Grandma told me off for that, and said I was naughty. But I like swimming. The pool is near a very tall building. It's the tallest building in the world and it's called the Burj Khalifa. Burj is the Arabic word for Tower. It is half a mile high. (That's a long way! It takes your Daddy all day to walk half a mile!) The building is made of glass and is very shiny. Grandma says she will take me up to the top one day. I thought that might be a bit scary, but she said I would be higher than all the other lions in the world, so I'll do it one day.

Grandma's new house isn't really a house. It's another very big building and we live quite high up in it. This is me on the balcony. You can see there are lots of other big buildings here. And there are lots of people building lots of new buildings here, too. I have never lived in a big place like this before. Lions usually just live in zoos, or in Africa, so I think I must be quite a lucky lion. This place is right next door to a big shopping mall, too, so I can go there and get all the cupcakes I want!

Grandma doesn't think they will let me into Texas Roadhouse, but she says we can give it a try. I hope we can go there soon. So far I have had to make my own dinner. That's not very easy to do when you are just a little lion like me. Or if your name is Grandad. At least Grandad is actually bigger than the serving spoon!

It's a very nice apartment, though. Here is a picture of me in the bathroom, cleaning my teeth. Lions like me have to keep our teeth clean. We have big, sharp teeth so we have to take care of them. That's not easy when the washbasin is the size of a bathtub! And don't get me started on how hard it is to climb into the shower!

Grandma says I will be sleeping in this basket. It's all right, but it's not as comfy as a real bed. Grandma says I'm lucky, because some lions don't get a nice basket like this to sleep in. And next time Grandad goes away for work, she says I can sleep in her nice comfy bed! That sounds just great! But I'm not sure Grandma will fit into my little basket. Still, it was kind of her to offer.

Well, cubs, that's all I have for now. I will go out and about in the next few days and write another blog update for all of you. with more pictures, of course! Don't forget to tell me if you like what I've done so far, and if you have any ideas for what you'd like me to talk about.

Until next time, bye for now,

Your pal Bryan xx

I'm Back!

Hey everyone! Remember me? Your fav Lion is back! This time I am in Dubai, which is a very hot place. Grandad brought me out here, after leaving me shivering in Darlington for months. He said I would like the weather better here, so I decided to give it a try.

Those of you who have read about me in the past will notice that I have a new page. I had to make a new one because some other lion called Brian seemed to be taking over! I even had to change how I spell my name. It has a y in it now, so nobody will mix me up with that other fellow. Also, nobody can find my other blog. it seems to have disappeared! So I'm starting this new one.

Anyway, I will be adding photos and letting you know what I get up to out here in the desert. Well, it's not really the desert. There are big buildings and lots of people here, but a few years ago it was all just sand. Amazing what they can do, isn't it? Apparently there are camels here, but no lions. Except me, of course!

I'm mostly writing this for the little humans - Kaylee, Spencer, Siena, Isabel, Faith, Lewis and Aurora. Their mummies and daddies can read it, too, if they want to, I don't mind. I'm going to try to write something every week, and I hope you like it. Some of you might be a bit small to understand, but you can look at the pictures. And don't forget to tell me if you like them.

I'm off to do my unpacking, then I'm going to the swimming pool to try to get a tan and soak up some rays. Tomorrow I'm going for a look around, then I'll write a bit more and tell you what I think of this place.

Bye bye, until then,

Your pal Bryan.