Snow Day

Despite the fact that we live in "The Great White North" we don't actually get that much snow in our neck of the woods. That being said, it has been cold lately - and the other day I opened up the back of the shop and discovered that it had snowed the night before... inside the shop.

But we wouldn't be able to hold our heads up as Canadians if we let little indoor snow slow us down. :)

A day of delight

My Dubai boss asked me to take a cab to his office before continuing on to the worksite. From his thirteenth floor window I was delighted to take in the gorgeous views of the city. Then it was off to the worksite for a few hours. My boss had to make a stop at the world famous Atlantis Hotel on our return. The hotel is situated on the Palm Jumeirah, a large man made island in the shape of a palm tree. I had lunch on the boardwalk overlooking the beautiful Arabian Gulf. I then jumped in a cab for another adventure which I will report on tomorrow...

Irony

Our team created  the Galaxyland theme in the amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada. It took five years of full time work during the late 90's. During that time it was the largest mall and entertainment center in the world. I always looked in wonder at the five acre indoor water park. While the park was amazing, what made it so unusual was the fact that during the very cold winter months, the temperature inside the waterpark was a balmy 80 degrees with very high humidity. Outside the glass roof it was a bitterly cold, minus 40 degrees.

Yesterday, I walked through the Mall of Dubai. The mall itself looked like many malls I've been in through the years, albeit much larger. What made it remarkable to me however, was the opposite of West Edmond Mall. Dubai is well noted for it's hot summer temperatures of well over a hundred degrees with extreme humidity. But inside the mall is the massive attraction - Ski Dubai, complete with sub zero temperatures and penguins (of course).