Love the outfits, too!! Meanwhile, back on the ship we've enjoyed two days in Dubai and today in Doha,Qatar. Our expectations for tea at the Burj in Dubai were a little too high, so we were kind of disappointed. We were expecting the same type of tea and service that we had the last time we went there on our own (not as part of an organized tour). But, apparently, they don't do it as well when you're with a tour group. We were in a ballroom with no windows and were served a few little sandwiches (3-4 varieties) and about 3 kinds of sweets plus scones and jam. No champagne, no beef wellington, no huge variety of sandwiches and cake. Actually, tea on the ship is more elaborate that this was. So, Tom and Mona, if you really want the true high tea at the Burj, you might want to think about booking it yourselves and taking a taxi there rather than doing it through the ship. The tea was good--just not what we expected. And , of course, the Burj itself is spectacular. On the other hand, we were really impressed with Doha today. It's a clean city with tons of building going on -- I think they're trying to compete with Dubai. Tomorrow is Abu Dhabi which will probably impress us too.


Peggy