Our last visitors for January (it was a busy month!) didn't have to travel far. The Scotts now live in Doha (Qatar) and the stars finally aligned so that they could come over for a few days, while we were actually both off.
Already the first night, the Browns came over to say hi, creating a little mini Brunei-gang here in Abu Dhabi! It felt really good, and a bit odd, like we were in the wrong place; but mostly really good!
The rest of the week continued pretty much as it started, with sundowners on the balcony, before we either had dinner at home or went out to explore.
So good to get to hang out again, it had been quite a while since we last saw each other. Last time Anna & Andrew came over was in 2016; and then time went by, Covid happened, and so on.
We tried to show them some of our favourite places, for example Mamsha, which we really like, although this time we went there for lunch time:
The padel court, of course! We managed to play padel twice while they were here, great fun!
Yas Bay, having drinks with a view at the Buddha Bar and amazing-as-always dinner at Asia Asia:
I even managed to convince them to come to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, albeit only in the evening time. We went up to the Art Lounge:
Even in the evening, when the museum is closed (only F&B outlets open), there is actual artworks to admire in the entrance, like the Yan Pei-Ming, and the Pistoletto! So Andrew got a little taste of it, and claimed he would do a proper visit next time.
Their last night we went back to Yas Bay, for another stellar dinner, this time at Hunter and Barrel:
Meat galore, om nom nom!
It is so great to have them so close now, only a 30 minute-ish flight away! Next time it's our turn to go and see Doha!
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