Last night the Oasis Hospital Football Club (that's right we are playing by European language rules over here... football, like the EU kind not the American kind) played NYU Abu Dhabi in a friendly match. A group of us ladies went to cheer them on. Abu Dhabi is on the water and while it's technically cooler than Al Ain it was so humid we were all sticky the minute we got out of the air conditioned cars and onto the pitch (another very European word, just makes me feel like I was going to a real match).
It was strange because on my way there, driving a mini-van full of girls I felt for a minute like I was driving my mom's mini-van to a highschool football game. The scene was right, we were all a bit chilly (from the AC being on too high in the car), the sun was going down and it was getting dark, we had some snacks for the game and we were decked out in our teams colors. Then, we got out of the car and BAM reality hit, I was shiny and sticky in about 3.4 seconds.
We had a great time watching the boys play (we won't tell you the score) and cheering them on.
This is Mohammed and his son. He was a cranky baby last night, probably because it was hot but, the second he was on his dad's shoulders he was content.
