Our last day in Abu Dhabi. In the morning we took Mom and Dad back to heritage village and we went out for a walk on yas island. In the afternoon we napped. Then we went to Alex’s graduation festivities. Supper was served before hand and we took lots of photos. Unfortunately, I did not take many photos on this phone. The graduation ceremony did not start until 845 pm. After iftar. It was not as boring as I expected. John Kerry was the guest speaker. I was sup...

Today We ditched the fam jam for the daylight hours. We went to heritage village which has a bunch of recreations of how people used to live in Abu Dhabi. It also had a small free museum that had all kind of artifacts. We found some cool old fashion shops that we bought some hand blown glass at. We then went to a locals mall we found a purple Jalaba for Pamela. I envision myself coming down stairs next winter to find a little purple Druid sitting in my living ro...

So we have started the day with a trip to the ethiad tower. It was way more relaxed than the burj Khalifa. We walked around the outside taking pictures. We then sat in some super comfy chairs looking out for a while. It was very nice. After that we just basically stopped at a mall and super market got some food came back to the apartment and cooked it up in secret for lunch as your not allowed to eat in public for Ramadan. Who knows what if anything we will do t...

So today was our first full day in Abu Dhabi. We were with Mom and Dad all day and Alex most of the day. We started by going to the grand Zayed mosque. It was both huge and intricate. There were many and varied floral motifs. Mom and Trapper had to get traditional Arab garb. I think everyone quite liked it. We then went and walked around the Emirates palace hotel. It was huge and made of red stone. It was very reminiscent of what I imagine India to be. We al...

Yesterday we left Dubai sand took in Al Ain as a detour on our way to Abu Dhabi. We went to the unesco world heritage which is the Al Ain palace. Al Ain is a desert a oasis. The palace had many rooms but was really not that amazing when compared to a the title of palace. We then continued on to Abu Dhabi. We met up with Alex for the Ramadan primer through nyu and for a private campus tour with him. We then went back to the hotel checked in then arranged to me...