Saturday - Tour the City

 
Just a huge mall. Spent time walking the halls without buying anything. We went into a restaurant that had a window onto the indoor ski and winder recreation area. It’s a huge example of how much money is in the UAE. If they don’t have it they buy it. Ski Dubai was incredible but I sure exorbitantly expensive to maintain. A larger one is being built in Aub Dabi.

From there we took the metro to the Dubai Mall and the Burj Kalifa. We had no time to get lunch so we just got in line to go up in the tower. It was much like going through security in the airport. Once we got into the elevator it was a 60 second ride to the 128th floor. The view was absolutely incredible.

The spice market (souk) was quite amazing. There were bags and bags of spices and the aroma was quite wonderful in general. We didn’t see anything that couldn’t be purchased in the U.S. very readily so we didn’t purchase anything to do with spices. We did stop into one shop that sold Turkish Delight as well. We tried some and then bought a 1/2 kilo to take to Egypt. The candy was quite tasty and didn’t last very long at all.

We had dinner at a restaurant on Pier 7. The name right now slips my mind. The service was really crummy but the food was quite good. Melanie said that is exactly the way Trip Advisor reviews explained the place. From there we took a taxi back to the hotel to prepare for our trip to  Egypt.

Getting back to the hotel we repacked out suitcases so we would be able to check two backs and not have to struggle with so much luggage at the airport. It was 1:30 AM or so before we got to bed. Would be an early day on Sunday as the flight leaves at 8:50 AM.

Pictures to follow