Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast.

I'm Holly Rubinstein.

I'm a travel and entertainment journalist.

And here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about the seven chapters in their life's travel diaries.

From their earliest childhood travel memory

and the first place they fell in love with to their hidden gem and what's at the top of their

travel bucket list. We'll be uncovering their adventures around the world and the travel

experiences and destinations that have shaped their lives. This week, I'm so excited to say that business mogul and perfumer Joe Malone makes a

return to the podcast transporting us to the Middle East in this Dubai destination special.

For avid listeners, you might remember that back in season two when Joe joined me as a guest,

she talked about Dubai with such love, picking it as one of her all-time favourites.

She spends a month, a year out there. So I could think of no one better to join us today as we uncover her Dubai travel diaries.

Her favourite sports, hidden gems and recommendations as someone who knows the city so well.

And later, we'll be joined by Dubai-based travel journalist Sarah Headleyheimer's.

She has her finger on the pulse of everything that's worth knowing about Dubai.

And together, they both really evoke the sights, the sense and vibrancy of this Emirati city

and really get under its skin skin beyond its glamorous and shiny first

impression. They really reveal its heart and heritage too. So it's February 2021 right now.

Unfortunately, that means for most of us travel is currently extremely restricted, which is

especially disappointing as Dubai is such a wonderful spot for some winter sun. God, we need that

right now.

But I hope this episode inspires you to visit

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