The #1 Sport in the U.A.E. is NOT Soccer.......

March 12, 2012

You would think that due to the international popularity of soccer and the fact that there are many local and national teams, soccer would be the #1 sport but it's NOT!  The #1 sport in the U.A.E. is shopping.  Since I have been in Abu Dhabi I have seen and heard about more than 20 malls, souqs, and shopping centers.

Traditionally. souqs were as much meeting places as trading centres; a hotchpotch of sandy alleys crammed with individual stalls interspersed with tea and coffee houses where men would gather to discuss the day’s events over a shisha pipe or cup of tea or gahwa, Arabic coffee. Throughout the country, souqs have been preserved and refurbished carefully so that they retain their traditional charm. (UAEinteract 2012)

There is the Marina Mall, the Abu Dhabi Mall, the Madinat Zayed Shopping Center, Mushrif Mall, Al Wahda Mall, Al Ain Mall, the Dubia Mall, the Gold Souk, Al Ruwais Mall,  the Port Zayed Souk and many many more.





SO on this day, almost up to here (can you picture my hand well over my head) with shopping Irma, Alicia and I set out to GOOF AROUND!  As you will soon see.

 My friends, Irma and Antalicia, enjoying alittle bit of home.





We don't say "CHEESE" here.  We say "ABU DHABI"!  That was Irma's idea!  A stroke of genuis.

 Say "Abu Dhabi", Irma!






Finally, we got paid!! SO we celebrated at the bank!  "Abu Dhabi"