With Ramadan coming to an end, Ram was notified earlier in the week that he would either have Thursday or Sunday off. The thought of a 3-day weekend got us very excited. Immediately Ram looked into hotel and air far to Muscat, Oman. It's a short flight and is on our list of places to see in the Middle East. As I looked into boarding for Luca, Ram and I both started to feel bad about leaving our little booger so soon. Turned out all the kennels were booked anyway, so it was a no-go.
Then we decided to look into day trips. There are 2 Emirates within 1-2 hours driving distance from us, Abu Dhabi and Fujairah. Abu Dhabi is known to be much more conservative than Dubai and with a holy month coming to an end, I wasn't sure it was a good idea. So I looked into Yas Island, an area 20 minutes from Abu Dhabi that's a popular concert and restaurant area. Sadly, nothing was going on this weekend worth the drive.
Fujairah looked promising when I saw it actually had some historical sites to see. One being a castle, now downgraded to a fort. The fort sat on the edge of the Emirate with views of the gulf. Aside from that there was a mosque we could check out but that's about it. Ram didn't think it was worth driving 2 1/2 hours for those 2 sites only to have to turn back around a few hours later. That coupled with the unforgiving heat, I agreed. It was probably not a good idea to be outdoors in the middle of the day.
So with my hopes of a mini-vacay shattered, we decided to make the most of it and enjoy a stay-cation. And it wasn't until Wednesday that Ram found out he would have both Thursday AND Sunday off. That's one very frustrating thing about the local holidays here, nothing is determined in advance.
We spent our four day stay-cation relaxing and eating our fav foods:) I managed to find chicken wings, velveta, and rotel at a specialty store and decided we would have a taste of home on Thursday. The queso turned out as good as velveta can get, but I'm not sure it was worth the $7 I had to pay for it!
Friday I started my day with a massage and then we headed to our fav cafe for lunch. Later than day we started watching season 1 of Homeland and finished it by Saturday. We are annoyed that I-Tunes doesn't have Season 2 available yet. But we've got Season 1 of Game of Thrones to distract us in the meantime.
Saturday we had a bump shoot at the mall, which I'm very excited about. (I get to see the proofs next week). Afterwards we went to IKEA to hunt for a bookcase and nightstand for the baby's room. We ended up only finding a nightstand and decided to use our "old" bookcase in the interim. At night we had a date night and checked out a new mexican restaurant called Fuego. We were immediately enticed by their fajitas and chimichangas and found them to be decent. We are impatiently waiting for Rosa Mexicana to open here and hope that it tastes just like Ram remembers it from NYC:)
Sunday we spent the day relaxing and began work on the nightstand. It's coming together nicely:) The stay-cation ended with a yummy home cooked meal from my hubby. These days I will take any form of pampering:)
And now back to reality! The rest of the nursery furniture we ordered from Pottery Barn arrives tomorrow and I cannot wait to finally to set up baby girl's room!
Then we decided to look into day trips. There are 2 Emirates within 1-2 hours driving distance from us, Abu Dhabi and Fujairah. Abu Dhabi is known to be much more conservative than Dubai and with a holy month coming to an end, I wasn't sure it was a good idea. So I looked into Yas Island, an area 20 minutes from Abu Dhabi that's a popular concert and restaurant area. Sadly, nothing was going on this weekend worth the drive.
Fujairah looked promising when I saw it actually had some historical sites to see. One being a castle, now downgraded to a fort. The fort sat on the edge of the Emirate with views of the gulf. Aside from that there was a mosque we could check out but that's about it. Ram didn't think it was worth driving 2 1/2 hours for those 2 sites only to have to turn back around a few hours later. That coupled with the unforgiving heat, I agreed. It was probably not a good idea to be outdoors in the middle of the day.
So with my hopes of a mini-vacay shattered, we decided to make the most of it and enjoy a stay-cation. And it wasn't until Wednesday that Ram found out he would have both Thursday AND Sunday off. That's one very frustrating thing about the local holidays here, nothing is determined in advance.
We spent our four day stay-cation relaxing and eating our fav foods:) I managed to find chicken wings, velveta, and rotel at a specialty store and decided we would have a taste of home on Thursday. The queso turned out as good as velveta can get, but I'm not sure it was worth the $7 I had to pay for it!
Friday I started my day with a massage and then we headed to our fav cafe for lunch. Later than day we started watching season 1 of Homeland and finished it by Saturday. We are annoyed that I-Tunes doesn't have Season 2 available yet. But we've got Season 1 of Game of Thrones to distract us in the meantime.
Saturday we had a bump shoot at the mall, which I'm very excited about. (I get to see the proofs next week). Afterwards we went to IKEA to hunt for a bookcase and nightstand for the baby's room. We ended up only finding a nightstand and decided to use our "old" bookcase in the interim. At night we had a date night and checked out a new mexican restaurant called Fuego. We were immediately enticed by their fajitas and chimichangas and found them to be decent. We are impatiently waiting for Rosa Mexicana to open here and hope that it tastes just like Ram remembers it from NYC:)
Sunday we spent the day relaxing and began work on the nightstand. It's coming together nicely:) The stay-cation ended with a yummy home cooked meal from my hubby. These days I will take any form of pampering:)
And now back to reality! The rest of the nursery furniture we ordered from Pottery Barn arrives tomorrow and I cannot wait to finally to set up baby girl's room!
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