I'm not sure what to think about not living in a democratic country after reading this article. I guess it could be a lot worse though. There have been elections for Emiratis to elect around 30 members to form an advisory council to help the Sheikhs. There was a terrible 60 car accident in Abu Dhabi emirate last month. The culprit was not the fog but idiotic drivers. So we now have the dubious distinction of having one of the worst traffic accidents in the world.
I forgot to mention that we saw a hockey game in town a couple of nights ago. It was Hockey Night in Abu Dhabi as we watched the third and final game played between former NHL players battle with the UAE all-star team. The former included the talented Claude Lemieux while the local team had a couple of good Emiratis. It was a high scoring game and the score was something like 11 to 8 for the NHLers. The Abu Dhabi Ice Rink's seating capacity was about 1,000 and there was no sound system or organ. It had the feel of being in an old arena in small town Alberta but it was refreshing to be in a cold environment. Darcy wore a toque and I took a photo which appears on her Facebook avatar.
We're into the last half of the semester so that is a relief. Our trip to Istanbul is coming up quickly. It's already April - where has the year gone?!
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