Red Bull Air Race-
Abu Dhabi
I have a few busy weekends looming so really need to try and
stay on top of my updates and photo filing. I should have gotten around to
posting this last week, but at least I have gotten it done today- before the Tennis
tomorrow!
So, a couple of exciting things happened last week. I was
invited to an event where His
Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was in attendance. It was
definitely an insightful and interesting afternoon/evening- but I have been asked
not to say anything more about it, so I shan’t.
Other than it made me empathize (yes, even I know what that is like!)
with all the English Language Learner students we have at school. The entire event was carried out in Arabic
and I just had to watch when others (who I assume spoke Arabic) stood up, sat
down, looked left, looked right and applauded.
I hoped I was copying the right people and I was particularly glad I was
not allowed to speak, as there was no chance of not being able to give a
required answer.
Last weekend was
spent back in Abu Dhabi- a city I love. Walking along The Corniche, and
enjoying the trees, the fountains and the cycle tracks without feeling like I
am either in the middle of the desert or surrounded by glass and metal buildings
as is so often the case in Dubai. Not that I don’t like Dubai- just that I do
like the change. That being said, the drive to Abu Dhabi is totally
mental. The cars come at you from left
and right and if you get a piece of paper between you and the car in front that
is an invitation for someone to try and pull into the gap. Not unlike driving in Dubai and at least this
dodgem madness takes place on tarmac and concrete roads rather than the
Ghanaian efforts.
One of the ongoing events was the Red Bull air race. Last
time we were in Abu Dhabi for the FI this time it was an airborne equivalent in/over
the Marina.
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