This is one busy city! We have been out this morning and walked to the Metro station a couple of hundred metres away. The station is located above the main east west road through the city. The road appears to be 7 lanes in each direction and is a constant flow of traffic. We were kindly provided with Nol cards, the local equivalent to an Oyster Card, so we started by putting 20 Dirhams on each at the station. A short journey costs 3 Dirham, so this was a good start.
We only travelled two stations down the line to The Mall of the Emirates. This isn't the largest mall here, but it's still enormous and has a full size indoor snow ski slope, apparently complete with penguins. Our aim was just to buy some postcards and have lunch, but had to start with coffee. One thing that was immediately apparent here is the very cosmopolitan make up of the shoppers. The other thing is how friendly and polite everyone that we interact with is. This morning on the metro, immediately we got on the train, a man stood up to give his seat to Lynn. Then, a young man got up and offered me his seat too. I must looking old!
We lunched in the food court on local food, although the selection of outlets ranged from the usual fast-food suspects to a wide range of oriental food and a 'London' fish and chip stall. Following lunch, we had a 'coals to Newcastle' moment and went shopping in Carrefour!
I'm sipping a beer by the name of D2. It's come all the way from France and is a bit unusual in that it was brewed by the Bordeaux vineyard Lynch-Bage. The D2 refers to a road number that passes many of the most famous and prestigious wineries in Bordeaux. Certainly a tasty tipple, but, oddly, unavailable in France.
Our next stop this evening will be for a South American themed wine dinner at the Dubai Golf Club, 'Hasta Luego'!
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