Abu Dhabi

Look at that beauty!  ❤️

There is a wall of street art all along the port exit road.  I could fill a post with just that!

Abu Dhabi is a very new city, most of their modern buildings were built since 2005.

Abu Dhabi's Leaning Tower.

This is a pricey hotel, or a Palace..I can't remember.  What I do remember is that there was marble on the street.  Yes.  Where you drive.

In this artwork you can see the face of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan.  He oversaw the growth of Abu Dhabi.

But what I really want to show you is the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. 

The Mosque has a focus on tolerance and cultural awareness. 

We walked through an underground mall, in case you didn't have the right coverage/dress to enter the Mosque.

That was a little weird.  Tony went to Tim Horton's for a donut.  I got a juice at Starbucks....

So we finally got to enter this beautiful place.

This Mosque is covered in Flowers. 

They are inlaid with precious stones, lapis, carnelian, jasper and mother of pearl.

You can also walk on it.

Swarovski chandeliers, French stained glass.

The carpet is the largest hand knotted carpet in the world , made in Iran.  It is over 60,000 Sq. Feet. 

A 7 ton chandelier.

Precious water and a tourist or two.

Next we went to the most relaxing airport in the world to get to Glasgow!

That is a water feature that you can sit on the other side of it and listen to the sound of a flowing river. These line the main floor.

It's just beautiful.  You can't stress out!