Looking back on the years I have realized that I have had my birthday in some very strange and interesting places. I probably only had my birthday 10 of my 25 years actually at my house. I have been at the beach, at camp (as a camper and staff), the bayou of Mississippi, Spain, Guatemala, a rig in Mexico, and now United Arab Emirates :) So many people asked if I wished I was home for my birthday, and I told them that it was normal not being there. This is not to say that I did not want to be with my family especially since they were all hanging out at the beach without me!!
The day of my birthday I did not really do much since Sunday is a work day here. The weekend is Friday and Saturday so Sunday is actually what our Monday is. Saturday was the day I ended up celebrating it with everyone and had a blast! Another unusually birthday that I will never forget!
I had a test in the morning that I got a 100 on which started the day off great! After that the Latinos from my class and I went to Ferrari World! It is an indoor amusement park with a Ferrari theme. Another example of how the UAE is all about the high class objects. One of the things that the park is known for is having the fastest roller coaster in the world. And in the end it was worth ever penny to ride that ride!!
The ride was crazy . . . you went from 0 to 240 kph (~150 mph) in 4.9 seconds. You definitely felt all the Gs and your mouth wiggled uncontrollably! The park even made you wear goggles because part of the ride was outside and sand blowing into your eyes would not be a good thing! After the ride I looked a little tattered which you can see below. My hair was crazy, and I thought my clothes were going to ripe off . . . next time I know just to wear a t-shirt when riding this ride!
After spending a few hours at the park, Gustavo and I left to go out to eat at Belgian Cafe at the Intercontinental hotel in Abu Dhabi where we met up with Souhaibe. Though most of my class did not make it out the 3 of us had a great time eating good food and having good conversations. This is the second time that we went here but I love it and would not hesitate to go back again. The environment is my type of place . . . good food in a not so formal setting!
I guess when I went to the bathroom, the guys told the waitresses that it was my birthday so when I got back they brought me out this yummy chocolate tiramisu thing and sang to me!!
Here is a picture of our waitress friends that we have made over our last 2 visits!!
And right after the dessert, the rest of the gang showed up to hang out! One because it was my birthday and two because the next day was going to be the start of Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month, which I will talk about in a later post!!
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