Abu Dhabi
Day 3 - 11th May 2024
I have no idea how we’re going to manage on Thursday when we have the boys waking us up again because this lying in thing is amaaaaazing! We didn’t leave the room until just after 12 and walked back down to the Marina Mall again… it wasn’t as windy today so the 30° actually felt a lot hotter than it was yesterday.
Our first stop when we got there was Chili’s but they had the same card problem as the one at the other mall so back to the bank we went to get cash… like Denny’s it was like being in America - the quality and taste was amazing… so much so that when Stefan went to the toilet and I was writing yesterday’s blog it took my brain a minute to realise we were in Abu Dhabi and not Orlando when I got up and saw the skyline outside...
We asked for chicken enchilada soup but they didn’t have any so we had chili instead which was sooo good… our 2nd starter were the eggrolls, the batter was a little too thick for my liking but still good… Stefan had the bacon quesadillas with chicken and I got shrimp/chicken fajitas. When the main courses came we were beginning to regret the 2 starters… I think we both took for granted that the portion sizes would be similar to America! The only thing that was missing were the free refills on my lemonade!
After lunch we went into Centrepoint, a huge department store that thinks it’s Target with it’s practically identical logo… I got some flip flops and we got 2 bottles of water at 2AED (50c/45p) each - I would never buy bottles of water in that type of shop at home because they would cost at least 5x that so the price was a shock.
After a quick drink at Starbucks and getting my 2nd tumbler (an UAE one yesterday and now an Abu Dhabi one) - mum will kill me when I get home #tumbleraddict - we stopped for a sit down outside and then walked back to the hotel. The original plan was to go to the pool but I had a bit of a wobbly with my swimsuits, had a mini meltdown and ended up going for a well needed nap. Stefan had wanted to go to the pub to watch the old firm game but he ended up watching it and his other team’s game on Google…
Once I finally woke up we decided to order some food rather than go out but the app kept showing an error message so after 3 tries we gave up and ordered room service again. It was probably a good job the app didn’t work though because this way we ended up sharing a club sandwich and NY cheesecake rather than getting curries with starters and naan…
After dinner we went for a walk around the hotel grounds… it was supposed to be down the down ramp to the main road and back up the other side but we ended up crossing the road and coming back the other side, then walked down to the residences part of the hotel and back in the door to the gardens… we’re doing a steps challenge through work this month so had to get some more steps in so we didn’t slip too far down the table after our cheeky naps and half lazy day…
It’s just about midnight now so I’m going to have an “early” night (compared to the last 2 nights past 1am) and say good night.
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