Mamma mia!
03-04-07
We got tickets to go see Mamma Mia! the musical of abba songs. The play was showing at a theater in "Souq Medinat Jumeira", which is one of the new stylized malls in Dubai.
This particular mall is styled to be like a medieval emirati or middle eastern souq, and it is quite well done. It doesn't have a cheesy Disney feel, only the feel of bringing back their heritage in a modern and money way. There are restaurants, bars, night clubs, stores, a theater, a hotel etc. all rolled into one. It looks very castle like, and has indoor and outdoor sections, multiple floors and even windy alleyways. to top it off there is a lake and an Island. People staying at the hotel can take a little boat over to the main part of the souq. Niki took me to an Italian restaurant by this lake the first night I was here, we had wine and good food and a view of the burj al-Arab tower (7 star hotel in the shape of a sail). I was impressed. Another night we had dinner in a Moroccan restaurant with tiled fountains, rugs, and another fabulous view. One night we had exotic cocktails with a very international group all talking about housing prices and investments in Dubai. It is a fun place.
This night we were meeting up with some aunts and cousins from Victors extended family.
victor's aunt and uncle and their best friends moved to Abu Dhabi in the 70's to be doctors and have lived there ever since. They have seen all the changes that have taken place in the emirates since that time, and this was their first time to this mall in dubai. They were also very impressed with it. Since they are not actually Emirati citizens and are approaching retirement, they are going to have to leave the emirates soon and move back to Egypt, since no one can stay living in the emirates who is not working, despite having made it their home for 30 years. though all in all not a bad idea to make lots of money in the emirates then retire in Egypt where the money goes a lot farther.
The aunties were so sweet, genuinely interested in talking to me, complimenting me on my long hair, and at the end of the night extended invitations to come visit for dinner in abu dhabi, which i hope to do next time i'm back in dubai.
As we were planning this night's outing the week before all of the uncles and male cousins dropped out, so victor eventually realized it would just be him and 6 ladies. It was extra cute since it was all victors idea in the first place.
The show itself was lots of fun, dancing queen and all the abba songs woven together in a story made to fit the music. but they did quite a good job of it. It was bawdier than I expected for the emirates. The whole thing was also done in British English not American English, which Niki and i got a kick out of. at the end everyone got up and started dancing while they did the songs for the encore and bows. They even figured out how to work in some 70's space invader like costumes full of sequins and complete with platform shoes.
dah-dah-dun go ABBA!
03-04-07
We got tickets to go see Mamma Mia! the musical of abba songs. The play was showing at a theater in "Souq Medinat Jumeira", which is one of the new stylized malls in Dubai.
This particular mall is styled to be like a medieval emirati or middle eastern souq, and it is quite well done. It doesn't have a cheesy Disney feel, only the feel of bringing back their heritage in a modern and money way. There are restaurants, bars, night clubs, stores, a theater, a hotel etc. all rolled into one. It looks very castle like, and has indoor and outdoor sections, multiple floors and even windy alleyways. to top it off there is a lake and an Island. People staying at the hotel can take a little boat over to the main part of the souq. Niki took me to an Italian restaurant by this lake the first night I was here, we had wine and good food and a view of the burj al-Arab tower (7 star hotel in the shape of a sail). I was impressed. Another night we had dinner in a Moroccan restaurant with tiled fountains, rugs, and another fabulous view. One night we had exotic cocktails with a very international group all talking about housing prices and investments in Dubai. It is a fun place.
This night we were meeting up with some aunts and cousins from Victors extended family.
victor's aunt and uncle and their best friends moved to Abu Dhabi in the 70's to be doctors and have lived there ever since. They have seen all the changes that have taken place in the emirates since that time, and this was their first time to this mall in dubai. They were also very impressed with it. Since they are not actually Emirati citizens and are approaching retirement, they are going to have to leave the emirates soon and move back to Egypt, since no one can stay living in the emirates who is not working, despite having made it their home for 30 years. though all in all not a bad idea to make lots of money in the emirates then retire in Egypt where the money goes a lot farther.
The aunties were so sweet, genuinely interested in talking to me, complimenting me on my long hair, and at the end of the night extended invitations to come visit for dinner in abu dhabi, which i hope to do next time i'm back in dubai.
As we were planning this night's outing the week before all of the uncles and male cousins dropped out, so victor eventually realized it would just be him and 6 ladies. It was extra cute since it was all victors idea in the first place.
The show itself was lots of fun, dancing queen and all the abba songs woven together in a story made to fit the music. but they did quite a good job of it. It was bawdier than I expected for the emirates. The whole thing was also done in British English not American English, which Niki and i got a kick out of. at the end everyone got up and started dancing while they did the songs for the encore and bows. They even figured out how to work in some 70's space invader like costumes full of sequins and complete with platform shoes.
dah-dah-dun go ABBA!
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