We had a brief encounter with Dublin but had a nice evening in a lovely Irish pub. We flew out of Dublin on monday and after a lovely flight in business class we arrived at Katrien's family just in time for bed. We tried to get an early night to try and get used to the 4 hour time difference but that didn't really go to plan and when we finally got to sleep we were forced awake by the national prayer call that is all over the city at 5:30am - we did manage to fall back to sleep!!
Today the weather was a nice 22degrees and after a nice lay in we went to one of the many vast and immaculate shoppings malls that Abu Dhabi has to offer. After a little walk round and some lunch we took a taxi to the Grand Mosque. It was a real WOW factor! We went on one of the guided tours around the Mosque and it was really good to hear about the traditions of Islam as well structural information about the construction of the Mosque itself. An interesting fact we learnt was that the carpet in thee mosque is the biggest in the whole world! Our guide was brilliant and she explained in detail all aspects of this amazing building. It really was a truly wonderful and amazing sight to behold.
Finally we went to Katrien's cousins' (Nadia and Euan) school to watch a music concert 'Pop and Rock' that the students had put on. There were some impressive performers! After a much longer than expected taxi ride home (the driver got lost) we were home and ready for bed (lets hope this night is better than the last).
Day 1 complete!
You guys are brilliant, hope you have an amazing time!
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