So we needed a distraction to help pass the looooong hours until Saturday night.
Well, Abu Dhabi is full of activities. If you're bored here, it's your own fault!
This weekend the Emirates Palace Theater is hosting a big magic show.
I haven't been to Vegas, but I imagine this is kinda what it's like....
Okay, so maybe not *exactly* like Vegas.... I mean, does Vegas have the venue in a Palace, draped in golds, with fresh flowers on every table, mosaic tiles in the fountains, unspeakably beautiful desert landscape tapestries on the walls, waiters & staff at every turn, on the beach, with an ATM that dispenses gold bars & coins?
Seriously... Gold dispensing ATM!
The kids wanted to try it out! Ha!!! I'm not putting my debit card in there! The ATM updates the price of gold every 60 seconds. You can get a whole bar... Or have it spit out a "coin". There were several to choose from... all sporting the Palace logo. It kind of reminded me of a very large, very expensive penny smasher machine. (Sorry, Rev. Joe Pool, not going to be able to bring one of these back for "Penny Smash Sunday"!)
... Oh, & let's not forget the small ensemble playing classical music...
... Because EVERY magic show starts with a little Chopin, Bach, & Mozart!!!
To be fair... in the Arabic way of thinking... If you're going to do something, do it over the top!
But, I digress... The show was about to start. So after a quick meet-up with some friends (so nice to see familiar faces, Shipman family!), we found our seats.
Parts of the show were in 3D, hence the glasses. We had a great time & were totally amazed.
The magicians were from all over the world. I liked the young man from the US (deemed "The Futurist") who did a lot of his magic using technology. Devin preferred the man from Australia (deemed "The Unusualist") who did a card trick using 3 volunteers & ventriloquism. Plus, he had the most awesome hand shadow puppet show we've ever seen! Olivia also liked him the best just because of his shadows. Madeline liked the guy from Belgium (deemed "The Warrior") for his amazing acts using weapons. He even blindfolded himself by dripping hot wax over his closed eyes & THEN wrapping his head in both gauze & black duct tape before using a sword! I'm soooo glad I wasn't the woman with the pineapple on her head!
Obviously, I don't have any pictures of the show since photography (& bunnies, mummies, dinosaurs, & smoking) was not allowed, but I did snap this gem!
As we were leaving, a young man appeared beside Madeline & started "chatting her up". Ahhhh... I forget she's already in 6th grade. So it begins.... She's just too darn cute!
It's a good thing big brother was on her right to watch over her (as if he even noticed! Ha!!!)
It turns out, this boy is in several of Maddie's classes at school. We actually ran into quite a few of their school chums for both Madeline & Devin.
Notice how Devin "placed" everyone in the picture?!
Hmmmm... Maybe he's looking after her afterall.
As always, your write-ups are awesome. Question: At the time you were at the Gold ATM, what was the lowest price to get a single item? Highest?
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