By Thursday, it was time to get the laundry done. We are waited inside the lobby for our taxi instead of going out into the sauna.

The view on the way to Marina Mall which is close to our hotel.

Marina Mall has a hypermarket called Carrefour  in the basement (this has been our grocery store while staying in the hotel) along with plenty of retail shops, restaurants, and ice skating rink on the upper floors. We went today in hopes of catching the shuttle to Ikea, but we happened by during their break. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.

Under one of the Marina Mall tents

Looks like a fun place to come for dinner in the near future.

After a 2 hour nap and hanging out at the hotel, we took in a late dinner at 9pm. We decided to skip the rush hour dinner time at sunset for all those fasting and go later. We ended up at the Lebanese Flower.

Some things are almost the same wherever you go!

 Since our apartment is unfurnished, we have been doing quite a bit of comparative shopping. We have AED 20,000 or approximately $5,000 to purchase everything from kitchen to bed and bath. We were a bit worried, but we have found very good prices on all items.

After getting a recommendation on a store that had good discounts on beds and sofas, we think we found one possibility. Can you guess which one we may go with out of the three?