Ski Dubai

Only in Dubai do you take off your sandals to put on your ski boots! We went to the mall (again) and experienced Ski Dubai. I thought it would be dumb - it was pretty cool. You can't believe you are skiing at the mall. The snow is real and the slope is an engineering work of art. The slope is equipped with a quad chair lift and even has a mid station cafe (in case you get tired between the 30 second runs) for espresso. It was definitely worth doing and cool to say our first skiing this year was at Ski Dubai.

After our 2 hours was up, we headed for eats. It was a close call - we almost ended up at TGIF's but settled on CHOP CHOP for something alittle more unamerican. But then the power went out - the sheikh kept shopping - but the kitchen was closed. We left the mall briefly thinking it was a terroist attack...but then we resumed shopping as well. We finally ate at a french cafe then rested at a movie - Babel. JR hated it - because he couldn't understand it. I thought it was pretty good.