When last we blogged, we were doing a school visit in Dubai, and sightseeing. Well, WE ARE STILL THERE!!!! (Blog-wise.)

I heard about the malls in Dubai, but they seemed like urban legends. A ski resort INSIDE? Pshaw! (Isn't "pshaw" a weird word? Does anyone really ever say that?")

Well, I had to go check out this ski resort in the desert. When I first hit the mall, I greeted by a familiar friend, Krispy Kreme! Next I had some grilled lamb at the fast food court, and then did more exploring of the Mall of the Emerites . . .



I was totally discombobulated to see Borders. I thought they had closed everywhere, but apparently not in Dubai . . .



And then we saw it. Behold the snow!!!



Back at ASD (American School of Dubai) I basked in the glory of their libraries!!!



I was so impressed by the students. Can you tell we had fun during our writing workshops?



In addition to elementary school, and a middle grade workshop, I taught a special workshop with these talented teens . . .



After school, the fun continued at dinner near the base of the tallest building in the world.



I had about an hour before, so I went to (a different) Dubai mall which was next door . . .



As dawn fell, I headed to the restaurant . . .



From the restaurant terrace, we had front row seats for the water show they did in honor of Peepy . . .



Our ASD workshops continued through the week with these amazing students . . .



In addition to writing about characters and learning about revision, some wrote to Peepy . . .



Look, we were official! Plus, it's the elementary school library staff with Harry Bliss and Moi . . .



Later, back at the tres chic Atlantis Resort, we dined outside, then headed inside to watch the artists craft the hotel OUT OF CHOCOLATE. Did I mention CHOCOLATE?



Inspired by the chocolate, we decided it was time for more souk shopping and sightseeing . . .



We had never seen an ATM machine for GOLD before . . .



See that hotel in the middle? It's the most expensive one in the world!



After doing even more shopping, we headed to a restaurant to meet up with our ASD teachers, librarians and administrators for a festive farewell gathering for the authors . . .



It was Natasha's birthday, too!!!





Here we are with librarians Carly and Natasha, and author/photographer Nic Bishop . . .



What a marvelous time we had at ASD . . .



NEXT BLOG: Lisa ventures into the desert and meets a camel.



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