Spaccanapoli, Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi

Lately , we have gone to this restaurant. The food is great and the service pretty good too. One of their boasts is that it is the 'home of the one metre pizza'. So, when in Rome (or Hamdan Street)....

You can order them for take away or home delivery too. The have special long boxes to put them in, although I am a little concerned about how the moped rider manages?! I have to say, it was delicious and well worth a try. 

No, we didn't finish it!

A few random pics...

I like big butts and I just can't lie.... Toilet for big bottomed girls??

This is the roundabout as you enter our villa compound. Now when he was told "go straight over the roundabout" , he clearly needed a little more explanation....

Lat time I checked, Abela didn't have a licence to sell alcohol. 

Ferrari World again

We  decided last weekend to pay a visit to Ferrari World as it was something to do inside out of the heat, and we had 2-for-1 vouchers. Sadly, the best thing about FW, the Formula Rossa, was closed for maintenance. Well, at least it gets some maintenance I guess.

In the middle of Ramadan, on a Saturday morning, the place was deserted which at least meant we could walk right onto the rides we wanted to try.

There is a display of Ferrari's in one part of the place which was cool. There were some old ones, working up to some of the more recent models. A pretty penny's worth all on loan from the same guy, Mr Tariq Shaikh. Clearly he had driven at least one of them on the UAE's roads as it had the SALIK (toll) Tag still on the windshield. Here's a quick (but poor, sorry) video of the room.

Progress: UAE

There have been some interesting articles in The National lately outlining the progress that the UAE has made in a number of areas. See the link below for some of them....

http://www.thenational.ae/topic/subjects/progress-uae

Ramadan in full swing

I can't believe this is my 6th Ramadan here! How times flies when you are having fun :-)

Here's a video from CNN talking about the impact on retailing in Ramadan, featuring my mate Pete Lonsdale at LuLu's !

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