Ok, if this works right Sallie and I will have loaded pictures for the first time onto the blog. We don't know if it worked but we hope so.
Yesterday, we went to Dubai for the first time for a birthday party. Mike, Robert and I followed Mary who had a car full of 9-12 year old girls. (Hence the separate cars...) This was the neatest place. When you walk thru the Mall of the Emirates you come to this place that is decorated and set up like a ski lodge...:)( The money here is incredible. Yeesh.) So, anyway, this huge dome thing is actually a ski resort. Two or three runs on one side and then the other side is the Snow Park. At the entrnace to the Snow Park side there is an ice cave with ice carvings. Yep. Real ones. Polar bears, dragons, etc. Then there is the toboggan run, the tubing hill, and sleds to pull around plus places to climb for a view of the whole place. It is surrounded by floor to ceiling glass walls so you can watch from the mall and stay warm. It did cross my mind that at my age I may want to move into the Snow Park at certain times....there was a little igloo that looked quite cozy. :) The temp. stayed at -4 centigrade and felt quite comfortable. :)
After the snow time we all ate and then the girls shopped. We headed for home. Sallie said they stayed up until 3 am. She is kind of grumpy today. Imagine that. :) The drive to and from Dubai takes about an hour and a half...Until this road was built it took forever as there was no direct route. Once you are outside the cities over here there is nothing but sand for miles. Wow.
All in all it was nice to get out of Abu Dhabi. Ryan didn't get to come as he had a dinner with the youth group. I'm sure we will go again. By the way, as we drove into Dubai I was amazed to see an entire city...think Manhattan island under construction..buildings everywhere, tower cranes everywhere yet none of these buildings is occupied yet. Most of them are at different stages of construction..It is like the whole city is a job site. Mary said you never know if you will be on the same roads because they are always moving them around with the construction. I mean it was AMAZING. We've heard that 30 percent of the world's tower cranes are in Dubai...I believe it.
Hope you are all doing well.
Blessings,
Mattie, Mike, Ryan, Sallie and Robert
2 comments:
Mattie: we did not receive photos...but would love to. I always enjoy reading your blogs. Does Mike have a phone number so Robert may call him?
Linda
Okay, so I just left a message here, but it appears to have DISappeared!! you know I am completely illiterate when it comes to computers. Oh, Mattie!! I just finished reading ALL your entries and tho I was going to get back to them later, couldn't stop!! You really ought to start seriously considering writing a book of your experiences (humor included) about your time in the "almost/not quite right" land of heat and sand!! I am visualizing you as I pray for you and that seems more effective for some reason. You really got to me with the tug on you heart the sandals/shoes had. What a picture of lost souls... oh that the Lord would use you all to shine His light in your new home/neighborhood/city...and mall:)I love you,amiga,and I will pray all the more for you as I read these blogs...blog on!!
Phil. 1:3-"I thank my God upon every remembrance of you"
Carolyn/Carolina
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