to Abu Dhabi

We enjoyed attending Lutheran service in the small round chuch with Christoph and Christine Jaeger, just down  the hill from their home. It was cold outside walking there but the chuch was warm. There were about 30 people in the congregation and we all enjoyed the young organists playing. He played afterwards for a time , wonderful music. After wandering back up the hill, we had a relaxing breakfast and I did some sorting of clothes and packing. Anna came over at lunchtime and after that I had a sleep as I felt a cold coming on. In the evening, Sebastian joined us all as we went to a lovely local restaurant. We’d been there before and food is always good. It was a sad moment saying goodbye to Anna but we’d enjoyed lots of time with her as she’d taken time off.

 Monday morning it was raining so Ken had a wet drive across to Munich. We were at the hotel by 1pm so I had a good break before I repacked suitcases so we had things organised for our 5 days in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi

It was late when we arrived here so we had a late dinner before bed. Today, Wednesday, we’ve relaxed, done some ironing and decided what we’d like to do in the next few days as my cold is going, we hope! 

We’re now planning to spend most of tomorrow at the Louvre(a part of the one in Paris) and then do a dinner cuise on a dhow. Supposedly we are being served authentic Arabian food and not a BBQ or similar. On Friday we hope to do a desrt trip with dinner under the stars and on Saturday, before our 10.30pm departure for the 14hr. trip home, we may do a city tour to see the wonderful mosque, sight the Ferrari theme park and see some other parts of the city.

From our room on 14th floor we look out to sea with an oil rig etc. The hotel opposite has glass panels on the facade which must have led or fluro lights in them as we see a light show of angled stripes, the “Southern Sun” name followed by suns and stars as well, interesting to watch 😊 . There also roads with about 14 lanes, not full of traffic that we can see. Ken says this is how building a new a new cith like this makes traffic planning so much easier.