The Corniche

We finally made it down to the Corniche. It's the road and walkway along the ocean front in Abu Dhabi. It must be an Arabic word for waterfront or something because I have heard of other "Corniche"s in other countries. Anyway, it was amazing. They have built up this huge sidewalk area for bikes, walkers, runners, mo-peds, etc! It is so beautiful. Then, of course, you are walking right next to the water which is amazing too! We parked across the street and had to walk in this underground tunnel that was beautifully tiled. Once we emerged there were three huge water fountains flanked by stairs that led to the walkway. I couldn't believe all the water! Incredible! Walking along we saw so many people there. It was near sunset, but there were a lot of expats and nationals milling around the area. Everyone was just out enjoying the sunset and the cool breeze coming off the ocean. We both regret that it has taken us this long to make it out there, but now we regret that we live so far away from it. Now we have said that everytime we go into town we will try to walk out along the water. One of our missions over the next two weeks is to visit the beach at the end of the Corniche, which we have heard is a good swimming beach. Can't wait!

Happy New Year!!!

Well the end of the holidays is WAY past and here we are in 2009! I am not one for making (or keeping) new year's resolutions, so I did not make one.

The school semester break starts on January 16th, so most everyone I work with is gearing up to go home. It's kind of like college - at semester break everyone abandons the campus. I don't know how many people will be around our villas for break, but we may be on our own! It will be a great time for us to do some more exploring around Abu Dhabi and Dubai. There are so many things that they have to offer and we have been promising ourselves to go see more, so this will be our time!

Well, I hope that you all are off to a good start to the new year... cheers and good luck :)