WRO 2011 - Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi - Mall:
As the arrival day was not planned as "LEGO", except for a meeting in the evening some of us gathered together to do some sight seeing in Abu Dhabi. The cab - cheap and a crazy fast driver - took us to the next mall to look around and to eat something ...

	a small mall	fountain and figurine

Air Condition!	elevator through an aquarium		... and they choose Pizza ... what else in Abu Dhabi? ;)

Abu Dhabi - Sheikh Zayed Mosque:
Afterwards we went by cab - as always in Abu Dhabi - to the large Sheikh Zayed Mosque. This is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the third largest mosque worldwide. It is named after sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, one of the founders and first president of the United Arab Emirates, who's grave is on the mosque ground ...

Sheikh Zayed Mosque	224 x 174 m	room for 40.000 prayers	third largest mosque worldwide
	82 domes	largest dome worldwide 32 m diameter

escalator to the "changing rooms"	women are only allowed with suitable clothing	Anika	Lotte

4 minarets each 107 m tall	Karrie & Chris	mother of pearl on marble	24 carat gold on the roof

our small group of "pilgrims"	entrance to the mosque	chandelier ...	... from Germany

an Adhan ...	... or prayer watch	largest chandelier in a mosque	seven chandeliers from Germany and millions of Swarovski chrystals
5627 m2 largest carpet worldwide	47 tons heavy	1300 weavers	2.268.000.000 knots
italian marble	inlay ...	... with mother of pearls and semi-precious stones	96 pillars


	Matthias Paul	Lotte & Martijn
	87.000 glas-mosaic-stones ...	... made in Murano, Italy

Abu Dhabi - at the beach & Mall:
After our visit to the mosque we headed to the beach and tried to find some typical arabian market.
We found the beach, but no market!
The day ended in another, but much larger mall, where we had something to eat ...


	sandy beach	Anika & Lotte ...	... in the water
			looking for the market

we only found ...	... some small ...	... market stall ...	... with cookware

	Karrie with some sweets	and Chris ...	... gets his part of!
	I can't read it ...	... but I know the logo

Abu Dhabi - meeting Steven and Jenn:
The proposed meeting at 16:00 finally set place at 20:00 ... and we got first impressions about the Olympiad and the exhibition hall ... and learned that quite large parts arn't finished yet!

Steven narrates ...	... and all ...	... are listening!