October 17, 2009 - The beach is open BUT only for Formula 1 :(

Sorry it has taken so long to post a new posting. I don't know where the time has gone!

They have finally finished all the work at the beach BUT it is now all set up with stuff for the Formula one race that is happening on Nov. 1st. This weekend we just kind of hung around. We checked out a new park and had a picnic; did some scootering, and rollerblading. We also went down to the beach to check out what was happening. We went Friday night but it was CRAZY, so we decided to head back Saturday as soon as it opened. There were some cool things to see. Patrick and Samantha got to do a drive test. We also watched 3 people from the audience take on one pit crew member to see who could change the tire faster. That was fun to watch. Man they move fast. In another part there were race tracks that the kids could compete against each other. It was a fun afternoon to wonder around. It was a bit of a tease though because we couldn't actually go on the beach yet.

For the next two weeks, there were all kinds of things going on to do with the big race.

We went to see a couple of movies that they were playing. We watched the new Herbie movie, where he gets to drive in a NASCAR race. The kids enjoyed that (we have since seen a Herbie car with a trailer, here in Abu Dhabi- Samantha spotted it and said "I want one of those"). We also got to watch CARS. Yes I know we have seen the movie how many hundred times BUT it was on the beach. It was really cool to watch the movies on the beach. They had bean bag chairs to sit in, and popcorn. The rumbling parts you could feel through your feet in the sand. It was late nights for the kids but what a neat thing to do.