After a morning orientation, we got a rental car and went to IKEA today. Driving the streets is pretty exciting here. They have not invented the grid yet in Dubai and are instead relying heavily on the roundabout and the u-turn. IKEA was exactly the same as one might find in Pittsburgh or Topeka. We aren’t psyched about doing home shopping at IKEA but we are also very interested in conserving our resources and the trip there by car was pretty fun. We actually may be buying some things off of someone locally who is leaving town. We’ll see about that tomorrow night. But we picked up essentials like dishes, towels, etc. today.
I’ve attached some photos of the University, the Mall of the Emirates, and construction on the metro stop by Bur Dubai.
More tomorrow. We should have some resolution on our apartment by then hopefully.
