Ramadan ended last night at sundown. So today, at the club, they took down all the curtains they had around the pools. They set up a buffet for the feast. In yesterday's paper was a list of all the mosques I. Town where you could go and pray. Now the time period is called eid. The minister of something declared this week a holiday since Ramadan has ended for all public and private workers.in today's paper there were articles about buying new clothes, visiting your relatives etc. As a part of the celebration of the ending of the month long period of prayer and fasting. It must be similar to lent in the Christian religion. Ramadan though moves around the calendar. It is not always in august. I realize lent and easter are not always I. Te same month, but they are always in late winter and spring.
There was very little traffic on the streets today. We went to the club this morning and took a taxi home. Taxi's are plentiful and realitively easy to find. Although, I did call for one at the club, it cost me an extra 5 durhams because I was hot and unwilling to wait and see when one show up! Maybe tomorrow, I will be willing to try the wait and see method. It depends on how hot I am by the time i get to the gate house.
Stefan was very excited about taking a taxi home.
There is a lot of dust in the air. In fact, it looks like pollution and maybe it is a form of pollution.
I remember the dust storms that we used to have in Pecos, Texas, when I was a little girl. Those dust storms would blow through town and then the skies would be clear, these blow up every afternoon. I Think the dust in the air is causing me to cough a lot.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
No baby yet
Here we are waiting for baby, thankfully not sitting around on bed rest or in the hospital but out and about doing as much as possible with two boys in tow. I don't know how jennifer did it but the key board reappeared. Yeah!
We went to Aquadventure at Atlantis which is on The Palm. Both boys slid down the slides, with great abandon. Stefan didn't much like the big bucket when it dumps out. It's a lot of water dumping. Fortunately they ring a bell so you know when it's coming. I have been here a week.
It's Ramadan and what that means for us is that you can't eat or drink in public, or in your car. There are some restaurants open that have film on their windows, so that people on the outside can't see you eating and if you are inside you can see out. At the malls, no music was playing.We went to get our toes done, and jennifer had to go into the massage room to drink some water.
After it gets dark, the natives come out in their black dresses for the women and white dresses for the men.
Starbucks fills up, the restaurants are hopping, and you can buy popcorn at the movies!
Anders and I went to see Mr. Poppers penguins, jennifer and I went to see bridesmaids. Mr. Poppers penguins was much more entertaining.
We walk on the path in the back nearly every day. We measured it last night and it is about 1/4 of a mile. We are usually walking around 7:30. No sleeping in for this group. Anders rides his bike, Stefan rides his scooter and Jennifer and I walk. Sometimes, Cathy comes, she's the nanny, cook and all around wonderful person to have on staff.
The malls are big and have many levels. They usually have a playground for the children. Not like the play areas at some of the malls in Dallas. You have to pay to get into these play areas.
Dubai is also famous for the tallest building in the world. There is also a hotel here called the Burg (sp)! It looks like a sailboat. We were going to have tea there but it costs $135 per person for tea and that's the only way you can come in and look around, is if you want to eat something there.
Dubai's population is 80% expats. Fortunately, their signs are written in English as well as Arabic.
All of the food is imported. We have had wonderful nectarines from California.
Jennifer continues to study the 100,000 name book. I am still calling her Matilda, it won't be her name but in like it better than baby girl.
So we go to the pool after walking and breakfast. Stefan takes a nap and then we make scooter movies with the iPad.
We went to see the world's larges piece of plexiglass in the aquarium at the Dubai mall. And then today at the aqua park they also had an aquarium. With rays, sharks, purple and yellow and blacks zebra striped fish.
We went to Aquadventure at Atlantis which is on The Palm. Both boys slid down the slides, with great abandon. Stefan didn't much like the big bucket when it dumps out. It's a lot of water dumping. Fortunately they ring a bell so you know when it's coming. I have been here a week.
It's Ramadan and what that means for us is that you can't eat or drink in public, or in your car. There are some restaurants open that have film on their windows, so that people on the outside can't see you eating and if you are inside you can see out. At the malls, no music was playing.We went to get our toes done, and jennifer had to go into the massage room to drink some water.
After it gets dark, the natives come out in their black dresses for the women and white dresses for the men.
Starbucks fills up, the restaurants are hopping, and you can buy popcorn at the movies!
Anders and I went to see Mr. Poppers penguins, jennifer and I went to see bridesmaids. Mr. Poppers penguins was much more entertaining.
We walk on the path in the back nearly every day. We measured it last night and it is about 1/4 of a mile. We are usually walking around 7:30. No sleeping in for this group. Anders rides his bike, Stefan rides his scooter and Jennifer and I walk. Sometimes, Cathy comes, she's the nanny, cook and all around wonderful person to have on staff.
The malls are big and have many levels. They usually have a playground for the children. Not like the play areas at some of the malls in Dallas. You have to pay to get into these play areas.
Dubai is also famous for the tallest building in the world. There is also a hotel here called the Burg (sp)! It looks like a sailboat. We were going to have tea there but it costs $135 per person for tea and that's the only way you can come in and look around, is if you want to eat something there.
Dubai's population is 80% expats. Fortunately, their signs are written in English as well as Arabic.
All of the food is imported. We have had wonderful nectarines from California.
Jennifer continues to study the 100,000 name book. I am still calling her Matilda, it won't be her name but in like it better than baby girl.
So we go to the pool after walking and breakfast. Stefan takes a nap and then we make scooter movies with the iPad.
We went to see the world's larges piece of plexiglass in the aquarium at the Dubai mall. And then today at the aqua park they also had an aquarium. With rays, sharks, purple and yellow and blacks zebra striped fish.
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