Bastakiya

Bastakiya is a small heritage area, a walkable haven in traffic mad Dubai. A few cobbled streets with traditional houses with wind towers, sitting on the waters of the Creek and facing the Deira side of the city. We visited it on Friday, and it was surreally empty apart from a few tourists. To view the photo gallery, click the image below

Bastakiya

Ikea

Going to Ikea, anywhere in the world, is a reassuringly familiar experience: the big blue shed, the yellow bags, the internal layout, the swedish meatballs... with here a more grandiose entrance and the yellow logo in arabic.
Apart from the dining table and chairs, we managed to smoothly buy all the furniture and really looking forward for next Friday`s delivery.

Madinat Jumeirah

Beacause of insurmontable technical issues, here is a shortcut to some pictures I would have liked to post on the blog

Madinat Jumeirah

The hotel rooms

Souk madinat Jumeirah

A flat at last!

All well here, we have found a flat, its a 1 bedroom unfurnished, hopefully we`ll manage to move in soon, at the moment the landlord is still there and he needs a bit of time to move out.
Its in a nice area called The Greens, next to a golf course, its got a fairly european feeling, with a lot of expats and even a Nandos and a Wagamama! It feels like London really, plus loads of sunshine and a nice swimming pool!

:-)

Jusy a few days to go

We`ll see Sharj again soon!