All right! Now we're talking! After 10 months of driving by the iconic Burj Al Arab at least four times a day and staring at it from my backyard - we finally made it INSIDE! It's all thanks to Uncle French Fry, who put it on the top of his Dubai Bucket List. And since his Dubai bucket needs to be filled by this Tuesday - we finally pulled the trigger!
The Burj Al Arab opened in 1999 and is considered one of the world's foremost luxury hotels. They claim to be the world's only 7 star hotel...a rating that doesn't actually exist...but pfffffttt! They are VERY sensitive about security - no looky-loos allowed. The Big Red Bus of Dubai will not be stopping here! We had to have our reservation number handy to make it through the gates!
I think we might be able to get used to rolling like this...
One thing for sure? It definitely falls into the category of "Over The Top". Step in, look up, and here's what you see:
Riding the escalator in as sophisticated a manner as possible in order to blend:
Lovely fountains in the lobby:
We went for lunch at the Al Muntaha - the restaurant on the 27th floor. The view was sheer fabulosity!
The food was very tiny (like their main clientele might be the American Girl Doll) and very fancy. It broke several of my major food rules - such as Never Eat Anything with Mystery Foam on Top, and Vegetables Were Not Meant to Make Cold Soup - but our resident Chef Uncle French Fry assures me it was excellent. His palate is more appreciative of such things.
It's the company and the experience that makes it for me - and the Burj had both in spades! One more Bucket List item down! I will need a LOOOOONNNGG nap when I get back to California!
Which is in 11 DAYS! Love to ALL!
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