national day in the uae falls on december 2 and is similar to the united states' celebration of the 4th of july.
national day is the day the seven emirates joined together to form the uae in 1971.
a couple of us got together and booked a quick overnight to abu dhabi.
we went to the mosque, as not everyone had been since we had arrived in august.
caitlin and i came during our dubai trip a couple years back, but seriously the place is so stunning who wouldn't want to go more than once?
we went to a nearby restaurant for lunch. the views were clearly terrible.
and the food awful. #lies
then we headed over to the intercontinental abu dhabi for the night.
the sunset was awesome and much of the afternoon was spent watching the fighter jets dance around the sky in honor of the holiday.
and then there were some fireworks, which we could see from our hotel.
the building was all lit up like the uae flag.
the next morning we got up and went to the beach club that's also part of the intercontinental's property.
what a nice weekend! always looking forward to more relaxing poolside days!
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