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Another idea of \u00a0life in Dubai.<\/p>\n

On Thursday (which is the last working day in the week) you can first sip a Desert Donkey at Fume in Pier 7 (did you know that vodka, raspberry, coriander and chili make a grand\u00a0cocktail?), then have dinner followed by a power nap before you cab to Media One Hotel to get into Level 41.<\/p>\n

Of course there is someone who has a table behind the dj, so no admission and some drinks for (almost) free. Then again you get reminded that you’re in Dubai when you order 5 shots of tequila and are asked to pay 250 AED \/ 62,50 Euros. The music was cool but at some point the club seemed quite empty. As it turned out, all people went two levels up<\/del>\u00a041 levels down and then 43 levels up to get to Q43. When we wanted to follow them, we were not\u00a0matching the entry criteria (couples \/ women). So we took some more free rides with the elevator. When leaving level 41 (it closes at 3pm), we had\u00a0a really tasty\u00a0hotdog (‘beef sausage, like in Germany!!’ ???) from an Irish guy. After that nothing much happened. Some rumors say a sort of parade on JBR happened but I didn’t get any confirmations for that.<\/p>\n

On Friday you can do some shopping, cooking, eating before you invite way to many people to your apartment to eat & drink together. Who would have known that it would turn into a concert with a live acoustic guitar player (thanks!) using an some pill packing as improvised pick and a youtube dj showing that Bon Jovi actually had some really cool stuff. Ah and of course if you didn’t prepare enough food, your guests might end up ordering at burger fuel. The healthy burger of course – avocado, mango, no bun. However, avocado and mango could not be found and led to a huge investigation case.<\/p>\n

On Saturday you can start cleaning your flat, do some cooking for everyone who couldn’t make it out of your apartment\u00a0before you head off to a mixology session. So you learn how to mix cocktails and you can drink them – that’s what we expected. As it turns out, you are shown how to make 4 cocktails, before you can try to create one yourself (but they will pay a lot of attention that you really use that measuring glass!!). Since you could get 5 cocktails for 150 AED, it was a fair deal. And our group was\u00a0really cool, thanks again for that. And I learned that every 5 star hotel actually has a wheelchair, in case someone gets sooooo tired that it’s easier to carry them out in a wheelchair. A wheelchair. Seriously?!?!? And no, just for the record: it wasn’t me.<\/p>\n

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