Oops...I meant to post the pictures in order of the day...I think they are totally backwards, starting from the night. Oh well - you get the point.
We had ANOTHER holiday! I am perplexed by the kids' school tuition - are they ever in school? Well let's just say we had a great long weekend.
Abu Dhabi and rest of UAE celebrated its 39th National Day to mark the unification of the 7 Emirates. A very fun celebration. We took the kids to Emirates Palace downtown where we could all swim, ride camels, play at the beach and then walk downtown into the heart of the celebration. Apparently the Emiratis enjoy decking out their vehicles in UAE paraphernalia. No cost spared! They drag the corniche and honk and spray pedestrians with shaving cream and silly string. Our kids loved it! I didn't know about the shaving cream otherwise we would have stocked up. However some local kids gave us our share of cans to spray, too. Our drive home normally takes about 20 minutes from downtown, this night it was just over 2 hours.
With Quin at the wheel, Audrey and Sully were the designated "silly string shooters" at neighboring cars. I was in the front seat and would be looking at a map pretending to be lost. I would motion to the car beside us to roll down his window then Audrey and Sully would pop-up and spray. That lasted a few cars until someone walked up and totally smeared Sul with shaving cream through the back window. We thought it was funny, Sullivan didn't :). There were cars reving and trucks backfiring, loads of people, even horses with riders galloping on the grass waving their flags. Lots of lights and fireworks too. I think this was one of our top days here so far.
Enjoy the pics!
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