Jacquie recently moved to Abu Dhabi to teach at a very prestigious school where the kids are descendants from the royal families. We were so happy to see her; we miss home so spending time with her made us feel a little bit closer to family and friends in Canada. She then showed us the proper way to tour the city…by taxi! We drove to the Emirates Palace, which you'll remember from the movie Sex and the City 2; which is an amazingly beautiful hotel with rooms starting at around $500 per night. They wouldn’t let us go inside as we were in beachwear (actually Andrew's shorts were a little too revealing by exposing his knees) but we got to see the courtyard and fountains, which were stunning!
Our cab dropped us off in front of the mall; which has everything inside including an aquarium, skating rink, and every boutique store imaginable. Outside the valet sign read this "Normal, VIP and VVIP." I asked what each meant and was told VIP is for wealthy people and VVIP was for Very Very wealthy people. In a matter of minutes we saw a Rolls Royce, a Lamborghini and a Ferrari. Once we toured the outside of the Burj (because poor people aren't allowed inside...I'm not kidding) and mall we had to part ways with Jacs as she had a party to attend and we had to get back to Abu Dhabi to catch our flight to the mother land, India! It was sad saying goodbye but we had an excellent visit and will hopefully get to swing back through for another night at Harvesters on our way back to Canada, whenever that shall be!