DAY ONE-FRIDAY AUGUST 15

As you will notice day one did not start until friday. After getting to the hotel and eating a very quick dinner, we crashed. Check out where we are staying at //www.goldentulipsuitesdubai.com/

The boys thought the tv was awesome!!!

The kitchen was really nice too!

Needless to say Steve woke us up at 1100am the next day ( he was just a tad excited to show us around). We are one block over from the Mall of the Emirates. This is like the Smithsonian of malls-425 stores, indoor ski resort, grocery store (which I will describe later) and Magic Planet.

First we went straight to one of the three food courts....most signs are in english and arabic:

Mcdonalds (of course)

They also have Dunkin' Donuts!

Anybody take a guess???.......Hardees!

These are everywhere.....I am going to have some seriouse exercising to do!

The boys ended up eating Subway, and Steve and I ate an assortment of Lebanese food.

Next we went to Magic Planet. This has games, rock climbing walls, full size carnival rides...

This is where I lost my camera :(....

After spending 2 hours seeing may be one-third of the mall, we went to the "grocery store" Carrefour's. Now this is a cross between a Kroger, Wal-mart and a Best Buy. Huge and overwhelming. There are over 40 checkout lines in use at all times. We walked up and down every aisle. They have most of what we have but their spice, fruit, and vegetables are gorgeous. I will take more pics nex time we go, but here are a few things we purchased.

The camel's milk was bought on a whim, Steve likes it. I thought it tasted like sour whole milk...ugh!!