Plain old Euro breakfast today with veal sausage.
I was going to get shakshuka, but it was weird looking. Scrambled eggy casserole with no evidence of tomato, peppers or heat.
Paradise being built outside my window. Thousands of little sand islands are being built up at an amazing rate. Speed or maximum employment ...seems important. At a housing development on the mainland there were about fifty houses going up. Unlike many places where there'd be one or two cranes for the development, this one had one for each house...and presumably a construction crew for each.
Travel day, driving 90 minutes through the desert to Dubai. Desert is sand with rocks and no plant taller than your calf. The govt has planted a belt of trees along the roads. I;ve been told that they are all imported desert tolerant stuff. It looks great, kind of like a Phoenix interstate, but my inner ecologist is upset.
Now in Dubai whiuch is not at all like Abu Dhabi. More than anything Dubai reminds me of Chicago. Big buildings lining canals...big highways...big.
Really tasty sauteed shrimp with baby marrows, mushrooms and tomatoes.
Completely non-Arab wagyu burger with belgian fries. I'd hoped for more regionality, but there's nothing like that near me.
