In May (2009) I ended up spending three weekends in a row in Dubai! I didn't plan it that way, it just evolved. The second weekend in May the wives from our small group at ECC went on a long planned "girls only" get-away in Dubai. Most of the expat wives (especially from U.S., Canada, U.K., and South Africa) head back to their home country for the summer. So this was a fun hang out and chill time before so many go their different directions.
Mattie, myself, and Katie. These are two women I hang around a lot with.
At Johnny Rockets at Marina Walk on Friday afternoon for lunch.
From the left: Rebecca, Julene, Krista, Marty, Myself, Jean, Mattie, Mary, and Katie.
Dinner Friday night at Japengas at Madinat Jumeirah.
An open air Japenese restaurant on the water's edge.
The third weekend in May, Barry took off Thursday so we would have a three day weekend (remember our weekends are Friday and Saturday). We had planned a weekend in the opposite direction of Dubai with another family. Unfortunately, they had to cancel at the last moment and we rescheduled it for the fall. Even though we already had a planned trip to Dubai (just Barry and I) the following weekend, we had the time and barry had not been to Dubai yet so off we went!
We road the Abra (water taxis) across the Dubai creek in "Old Dubai". It was fun showing Barry around since I had been there with my mom. You can see more pictures of this area on an older post labeled, Old Dubai.
Barry and I also stayed at the same hotel my mom on I did. The Crowne Plaza at Festival City in Dubai. It was so lovely, with an incredible pool on the fifth floor of the hotel which jutted out and over looked the Dubai creek. I took a picture of the room to show off the bathroom. All glass walls, with electric blinds and a frosted glass door for privacy. Speakers in the bathroom and a television that turned and I could see a movie from my nightly bubble bath!!!!
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