by Deborah Quinn | Jan 13, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, lost in translation, UAE
Abu Dhabi has a parking system that (mostly) works really well. You can set up an online parking account and then when you park, you just send a text to Mawaqif and presto, you’re paid up. I’ve never had any problems, at least until the other day. I...
by Deborah Quinn | Dec 9, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, expat, UAE
The other day I went to Spinney’s, a grocery store that caters to expats. Spinneys has a pork room (aka “the hall of shame”) and next door to the grocery store is the liquor store (hall of double shame). And upstairs at Spinney’s isĀ ...