View from our Balcony

Night view from our balcony of the Marina Mall beyond the

Same view during the day, this day the High Speed Formula 1 Power boat races


We have made it 2 whole weeks here an Abu Dhabi. Every day is different. Art has not become adjusted to the time yet and he stays awake until 2 each morning and gets up after noon. This is not like him, but there is not much for him to do. He does clean and cook dinner or we go out. Last night we went out for drinks with my old boss from Fresno. Matthew Abraham the former CEO from St Agnes was here on business so we met up with him for a few hours to catch up on the latest news. The weather is beautiful, in the 70's. I must take advantage of it as it gets over 130 in the summer. We still go out on forays in the evenings, everything is an adventure, sometimes Art has the cab just let us out and we wander back home late in the evening. It seems safe, even one night in the "Electra" section. Nothing but shops selling 'electric' appliances and TV's and such. All lit up by neon lights and thousands of people milling about. Not the cleanest section of town, but we ate there anyway at a local 'chill out zone' . They seem to do a lot of 'relaxing' here and the names of some places are very odd, The Chill Zone, Chilaxation, Chill Out, Relax In. Many of these turn out to be places where one can smoke tobacco from a water pipe hookaah. A Fragrant sweet smell. but I can't get used to all the smoking, I keep asking for Non Smoking sections and they just nod their heads NO luck here mam. Every one is very courteous, calling me Mam, Madam, sometimes sounding like 'mom' with their accents from all over the world. Very different from the USA, they are all so polite.