GOLF! (and some other things, too)

Thursday, March 29th—Today I woke up and played golf at The Montgomerie. Very nice! Much different than the Emirates but very nice. The accommodations are spectacular. The crazy thing is that for an hour of my golf, it rained! That never happens here – they get .19” per year (I think all of that today).
Until a recent renovation, this was the largest green in the world.
Not a shabby view from the driving range.

The clubhouse was amazing!

After playing golf Amanda and I went to Ibn Battuta—a different mall. Much different than Mall of the Emirates. This has 5 different areas based on the 5 countries where Ibn Battuta traveled. The malls here are much different than back home and much more crowded. When it is 130 degrees outside many people flock to the malls. After spending time at the mall we decided to go back to the marina and have dinner. Very nice Lebanese food! And very nice views! After eating we decided to go back to the Mall of the Emirates to buy some art work at a gallery there. Like I said the malls are very crowded here and have I mentioned that they stay open until midnight 7 days a week. Thursday night here is like there Friday night back home. The weekends here are Friday/Saturday. We were there until 10:30 last night and there were thousands of people there! It’s funny to see teenagers here – they put on their snazzy dishdashes and abayas for weekend mall hanging.