Spring break...every student's dream...every teacher's midyear meltdown...every parent's nightmare. It sounds like a great idea to travel and take your kids away for a week. Then you realize every other person who has kids is thinking the same thing. So what should you do?
Well we did the perfect combination...we did a staycation/citycation. What is that you ask? We had a friend in the city of Abu Dhabi who was leaving for the holiday so we borrowed her flat (let's be honest, she offered and for that I am eternally grateful). The flat is centrally located, we have friends close by and there's the beach. The best part of the whole thing is that we weren't the only ones who choose to stay close by so we're not alone. We have friends to hang out with!
So far we've been to Gateway Park North on Yas Island (I highly recommend it as there is like no one there.) What a great way to start, on the drive in we stopped at this park to ride bikes and hang out with B's Auntie who lives in Abu Dhabi. I found this park via Abu Dhabi Striders and Real Housewives of Abu Dhabi (http://realhousewivesofad.com/). And we had a fabulous time! It was relaxing, well maintained and just a great place to unwind from the drive.
From there we headed to settle in and get ready for dinner....
Dinner on Friday night in Abu Dhabi is easily done in a variety of ways. But when you have a total of 5 adults and 3 kids it's good to get a place that takes reservations and is able to provide food for hungry children. We were fortunate enough to find El Sombrero (http://www.elsombreroabudhabi.com/). So we made reservations and were set to see what All You Can Eat on a Friday night was like.
Friends were concerned that we wouldn't be happy after the recommendation and what we found was that...it was awesome! The kids were well fed and happy, the adults were able to enjoy unlimited beverages. Everything was handled well by the staff, the food was fantastic and so were the drinks! It was definitely the best way to start Spring Break after a long and grueling 2nd trimester.
