Bowling
October 16, 2009The library staff, families and a few others went out for a bowling night, just for fun. Few had the faintest idea how to bowl. Made for a bit of chaos. I had to turn off the part of my brain that cares about abiding by the rules and common lane courtesy – like not stepping onto the wood floor area, if you are not the one bowling. Daddybird was afraid he was going to bean some of the kids with his back swing.
It was strange to be in a bowling alley that wasn’t smokefilled and you couldn’t get a beer (or buy illegal drugs). I don’t think there were any pinball machines either. Not quite the American experience. Also, the TV screen between the scoreboards was showing a soccer game. Do American bowling alleys have football or baseball playing on TV screens?
Above is most of us. Not all the family members joined into the pose.
And, to answer the inevitable question, yes, Emiratis wear abayas and kanduras when they bowl.
Living the Travel Channel 
that is the CLEANEST bowling alley I have ever seen! Looks like fun, though. I miss bowling. Closest we ever get now is with the wii.