I’ve started taking an interest in wanting to know the difference between traditional Arab dress and how that indicates what country they’re from. With the more Michael and I travel here in the Middle East as well as afternoons at Souq Waqif, it has become clear to me that different Arab styles mean different things….
Category: United Arab Emirates
The Dancing Fountain, Dubai Mall, United Arab Emirates
Joan and I ended Day One of shopping watching The Dancing Fountain. It is better to watch at night because of the lights, but we were DONE after a full day and the 6:30 show at sunset suited me just fine!!! It truly was spectacular, the video not doing it justice as the thundering of the…
The Dubai Aquarium, Dubai Mall, United Arab Emirates
The Dubai Aquarium was SO much fun!!!! As a little girl, Jaques Cousteau was my inspiration for falling in love with the ocean. The movie Jaws scared me for life with an irrational fear of sharks. This was the first time I saw sharks up close! I was mesmerized!!!! I tried to keep thoughts of…
The Dubai Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Dubai Mall = One Stop Shopping…..and shopping and shopping and more shopping……. There is EVERYTHING, well not a ski hill….that’s at the other mall down the street….at this mall!!!! Including The Dubai Aquarium, but I’ll blog about that separately! After our adventure at The Burj Khalifa, Joan and I continued our Girls Weekend of Shopping……Here…
Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Girls just wanna have fun!!!! My friend Joan and I flew to Dubai for the weekend for a bit of shopping!! Arriving late Thursday evening and rising early Friday morning we left our hotel room and arrived at The Dubai Mall at 8:30am. The shops didn’t open until 10:00am, but that was ok because that…
