Lord & Lady Roots Off-to-Oman-Line

Post by **DRT** » 00:42 Sun 09 Mar 2008

AHB wrote: The UAE (United Arab Emirates) is a federation of 7 neighbouring states on the Arabian Peninsula.

Is that where they made the TV series "The 7 Nights of Arabia"?

Derek

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 00:47 Sun 09 Mar 2008

I thought that was made in a TV studio in Birmingham?

Close = 1 hour's drive

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 00:49 Sun 09 Mar 2008

Dubai is a short flight of about 30 minutes, or a stiff 5-6 hour drive. But apparently, it's quite common to drive up to Dubai for the weekend. We already have one appointment booked there.

Abu Dhabi is about the same distance (but I'm not quite sure about that). There is a very good chance that we'll be going there as well, as Abu Dhabi is the only host of an IKEA in the entire Middle East.

SSD: I've made a promise to myself: never ever drink that evil Mexican stuff again. And thanks for the kind words. But what is the wedding-day debacle? As I remember it, we had a great night, and it meant a lot to us that you were able to be there.

Post by **DRT** » 00:50 Sun 09 Mar 2008

AHB wrote:Close = 1 hour's drive

Very good. Jo and I have discussed the possibility of a trip to Dubai as soon as Virgin stump up with a decent points + pounds deal. Roots, be en guarde for a visit

Derek

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 00:50 Sun 09 Mar 2008

AHB wrote:I thought that was made in a TV studio in Birmingham?

Close = 1 hour's drive

To the border of Oman maybe, but not to the capital, Muscat. Unfortunately.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 00:51 Sun 09 Mar 2008

Well, if you plan to go to Dubai, we'll make sure to be there as well.

Post by **DRT** » 00:54 Sun 09 Mar 2008

RonnieRoots wrote:Well, if you plan to go to Dubai, we'll make sure to be there as well.

Will keep you posted. Won't be in 2008 but will happen sometime.

Derek

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 00:57 Sun 09 Mar 2008

Well, I'm off to bed. I must say that I really enjoyed this on/offline, and I will try to persuade LadyR to post some of her thoughts on the Niepoort tomorrow. She went to bed early tonight (only had a small sip of the port) because she still felt the pains of a pub crawl yesterday.

Post by **DRT** » 00:59 Sun 09 Mar 2008

Goodnight Ronnie, it's been fun to celebrate your departure.

Hope to see you in the not too distant future.

Derek

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 01:00 Sun 09 Mar 2008

Elizabeth is making huffy noises that mean that I too have pushed my time to its end.

It's been fun and I'm glad that I used this as an opportunity to open and try the Martinez '94, the more I drink of it the more I enjoy it.

I hope you have a great time in Oman. Try and make it back to Europe around mid-December so that you can pop over to the UK to attend the TPF Christmas offline since last year was so much fun.

All the best.

Alex

Post by **DRT** » 01:02 Sun 09 Mar 2008

...and it's goodnight from him. Goodnight.

Derek

g-man · Post by **g-man** » 06:22 Sun 09 Mar 2008

man you guys in europe sleep way too early..
i missed all the fun =(

couldn't find a 94 vp so made do with an LBV

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