Day 27 – Tuesday 9 January 2018
This morning we woke up to rain, yes it does rain here but before we got too excited it stopped & the sun was rising. The sun rises about 7 am so we see beautiful sun rises & sun sets with gorgeous views from the 9th floor. Only a brief cuddle & sleep-in with Austin this morning before out at 7am & the off to school process. Another leisurely day, a bit more catching up with business stuff & on-line education. We had a swim & spa this afternoon before the boys got home from school, this is a great facility the apartment complex has, it’s just like a resort. There are Lifeguards on duty from 6am (so we have been told we don’t get up at that hour.) until 9pm at both the lap pool & the main pool. There are cleaners wiping railings, marble containers the gardens are contained in, today the rain water is sucked up from the tennis court & path ways, the pool & everything else is always pristine clean.
At 5pm there is a parent-teacher meeting at the boy’s school, we pass an accident at some traffic lights nearby, an ambulance is there, a Mercedes G63 AMG on its side.
The boys showed us around the outside of the school pointing out where their classes, gym, swimming pool & play areas are. The playground has wall to wall artificial grass & sail cloth for shade. Monica & Charles come out smiling – nice praise from the teachers. The Canadian International School is big, but they have kinder to year 10 at the same school, this works out well for Monica’s because the boys can come home in the same taxi.
The accident is still there on the way back so we take a long detour over to Yas Mall for dinner. We still get lost in the Yas Mall, it is so large. Tonight we came across a complete new wing that we had not seen before. It makes any mall we have seen in Australia pale into shabby insignificance, they really do know how to build beautiful big malls with lots of open space, waterfalls & in some shops in the mall they actually have rock climbing, huge slides etc. just to entertain the kids to relieve their boredom.
Abu Dhabi & Dubai has so very many entertainment parks & they seem to strive to get whatever they can bigger & better than anywhere else. They are in the process of building a Warner Bros. theme park & it will have the biggest roller coaster ride anywhere.
There are so many restaurants to choose from in this place but dinner tonight is at the Brazil Steakhouse in Yas Mall, this is a great dining experience, though a bit weird to start, we have to eat the salad first. The waiters are dressed as Brazilian Gauchos (cowboys) & bring the BBQ meat out on large metal skewers then slice off the amount you want. They keep on bringing different types of meat around & as many times as you want until you are full. The meat is absolutely delicious, so tender & flavoursome, it melts in your mouth. I eat until I am full, then manage to squeeze one more tasty morsel. Very enjoyable. After dinner we wonder around this wing of the mall & I (Tereza) just can’t help myself, taking photos of all the beautiful ceilings & waterfalls. Another great day.
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