A couple of things

Last weekend, I went to this place called global village. Nick calls it a big county fair, but it's more than that. At global village, many countries from around the world have areas where people from that country sell stuff (Nick calls it junk). It is only open November through February and we never made it last year so I had to be sure to go this year. It was fun to walk around and see all the different things from around the world. There are so many things I want to go back and get - rugs from Pakistan, leather jackets from Afghanistan, a neat nativity scene from Palestine, pictures from Egypt, just to name a few. Here are the purchases I did make:

These are camel leather purses from Senegal. They were about $15 each. There were also snake, iguana and crocodile skin bags.

These are crocheted dresses from Kenya. They are really cute and cost about $8 each. The African ladies were crocheting them right there at the stalls. They are so talented. Also, there were pictures of Barack Obama taped up all over the Kenya section. It was kind of funny.

Nick and I also managed to make it to Dubai mall again this weekend. What can I say? This is Dubai and there is nothing else to do. We're total mall rats. Anyway, the mall has a new feature open - a 4 story tall water fall/fountain thing with divers flying down. Here it is, look close.

Couldn't the people who made this thought of a better place to attach these guys to the wall? We just had to laugh.