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Published: September 17th 2010
Denied entrance...tried a number of times to get into my room
Apparently our time at the hotel had expired. ADEC renewed us for another 2 weeks,,,whewwww,,,I thought I was getting sent home.....lol...moi? something I said?Yet another hot and sunny day in Abu Dhabi!
Since it is like Sunday back home, (the old Sunday back home, prior to Sunday shopping and 8-8 banking) there wasn't much to do today aside from school preparation and suntanning by the pool.
The Carrefour is open however so Claudia and I went to purchase some laundry soap and a clothes drying rack. I needed to do some laundry and my choices on how to accomplish that were grim to say the least. There are no coin laundromats here so here were my choices:
Choice #1 - Take my laundry to Indian men to wash at a 'cleaner' costing approx. 1-4 drms (.30-$1.50) - per item) or...
Choice #2 - Have the hotel laundry wash it (70-80 drms - ($25. - 35. - per item) or...
Choice #3 - Use my bathtub and wash, rinse and ring (the worst part) everything by hand.
#3 won out. I am not to keen about leaving my 'fine washables' etc. with .....well I think you know what I might say here...lol....plus, it would still have cost me a small fortune compared to the hotel laundry.
I have
Yes, you can actually eat peanut butter and toast at school
...unlike at home. No peanut allergies in the UAE. Kinda makes u wonder???? added a couple of random pics for your enjoyment. You will have to read the captions in order to understand....Enjoy the rest of your day, and TGIF! xo
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