Traveling Jones

  Great day yesterday revisiting the classic sites with my Belgian cousin Monique and her friend Ilse.  Visited the Dubai Aquarium (at the Dubai Mall), early dinner at  Bice Mare overlooking the fountain.  Took our abra boat ride around the fountain while the show was taking place. Then, to the very top . . . 154th floor . . . highest publicly accessible floor of any building on earth!  

 This is the Bugatti Divo, top speed 211 MPH, one of only 40 models in existence, commanding a price of approximately $10.9M.  It boasts an 8 liter quad turbocharged 16 cylinder engine.  With its 1479 horsepower, it can go 0 to 60 in 2.7 seconds.  As some of you may know, the fabled Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the 1960’s children’s movie was actually a Bugatti.  This one may actually have real AI.  —  on display at the Rixos hotel (en route to our beach club today).

West Palm Beach.  This is the boardwalk on the Palm Jumeirah.   10min Uber from our apartment. 20yrs ago this was underwater - artificial to an extreme! Incredible what has been done in such a short time! Crab salad. The lower pic is the “cover” to the salad Julie’s Maine lobster.  Can’t wait to get Home!   Sculpture at Sān Beach The best olives anywhere! Seafood on display! View back at the Marina (where we live)

  Low key weekend staying close to home.  Ventured onto the Palm yesterday for dinner with our new friends then spent our afternoon at the nearby Azure Beach Club   

Totally relaxing weekend with friends. Again, as mentioned before, “brunch” is a big deal, not all egg McMuffins.  We spent yesterday afternoon at the Maine Oyster Bar & Grille. A nice place but not truly authentic. I wore my Boothbay t-shirt and no one gave a shit. Fake Maine . . . . Next.   Today, we spent our afternoon at the Azure Beach Club. Awesome Greek restaurant and a prequel to our Santorini trip. This place was the real deal. They actually imported their seafood from Greece. Discovering new places every week.