The Burj Dubai, on a clear day

This is the best view of this big building that I've had since we moved here.

A few pictures of our new place....

I know you all have been waiting to see where we live, so here ya go!

Me, standing at the front door on moving day

Our lovely backyard

Our room (thank you, Home Centre)

No bathroom is complete without a bidet

Pete happy to be sitting in his own living room, FINALLY! :-)

More pictures to come, when we get the place a little bit more settled.

Iftar at Bab al Shams

Last week, Pete and I made the trek out to the Bab Al Shams hotel for an iftar dinner with some of his co-workers. This place is about an hour from both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, so it is pretty well out into the middle of the desert. It was really beautiful though! I hope we get to go back for a stay at some point.

We wanted to make sure and get there before sundown because trying to find this place in the dark could be very challenging.

We got to go take a look around the hotel grounds before we headed to the restaurant for iftar dinner.

We didn't realize that we would be sitting OUTSIDE! Yikes! It was a liiiittle on the warm side ;-) Thankfully, the staff kept everyone cool with a constant supply of frozen washcloths.

This pic kinda stinks...but you can kind of see that the Iftar buffet was huge! It kind of reminded me of a big desert carnival. They also had dancers and people playing music...but I forgot to get a picture!

A variety of dates.

I got some henna done!

There were camels around if anyone wanted to take a ride...or a photo.

My henna design, after the stuff peeled off.