4hartsindubai (in arabic قلوب فى دبى): Rugby Sevens

We had a totally awesome day! We hired a limo and packed up some of our compound mates and headed for the desert to experience something new. The Rugby Sevens is a rugby tournament where there are 7 players on each team and each match is composed of two, seven minute halves. The tournament was for both men's and women's teams. The Australian women won and the Welsh men won.

The girls ran around on their own most of the day, playing on the bounce houses, playing in the grass, getting player autographs, and playing games to win prizes. The adults hung out in the stands drinking beer ALL day long. When we found out that Wales would be in the final match, we had to call the limo driver and ask him to come later. Our neighbor, Christine is from Wales, so hey, we HAD to stay. Next time we will stay even longer and catch the fireworks and concert.

We had so much fun!

Fun in the limo. Elle and Larry and then Tim (Larry's friend from work) and me.

Our sassy girls, Elle, Megan, Dani and Bethan. Megan and Bethan are the neighbor girls, they are about the same ages as Dani and Elle. They are like 4 sisters, which means they play great and sometimes fight too. :)

Ah the girls in the limo... our little ones and the big ones. Drinking champagne, ah the life!

A few shots of rugby.

Larry, Tim and Elle are new Wales fans!

Elle with a South African player.

Sunset in the desert at the "7s."

ONLY IN DUBAI... now you might doubt the statistics that the ratio of men to women here is 4 to 1. Well I have some hard core proof. This picture is a picture of the line for the MEN'S toilet. The women's like was like 5 people deep, the men's was HUGE! How great is that?? Elle witnessed a man dressed was wonder woman go into the women's restroom, but his mates dragged him out. Lots of people dress up to go to the Rugby Sevens. Next time we will get some pictures of that.