Greetings from Abu Dhabi, all going well so far.
Shangri La Residences are nice rooms, just ate my bodyweight in breakfast and got a free morning now until 3pm when the coach picks us up for the open training session. Bizarrely we're all sharing a studio room, which is a little odd when you're with your Dad. There's a guy here that was unable to bring anyone due to work committments so advertised it somewhere (might be on here) and so is here with a stranger...must be cosy in their studio.
Amusingly, landed yesterday to near gale force winds and it was pissing down, think they only have one rainy day per year here and it just happened to be when the Manc lot turned up.
Still a bit windy and cloudy so not really beach weather but, better than frost I guess.
Got a shindig to attend tonight after the training at the players hotel, will be meeting the players and having a few drinks with them we're told, then a boat back over to our hotel.
The game is a 2hrs coach drive tomorrow apparently, though the Sheikh Zayed stadium is about 5 mins away from our hotel. I'm sure there is good reason for that.
No pics of interest yet but the events start kicking off this aft so should have some soon. We're kind of left to our own devices during free time, had a nice meal with a few of the other winners last night.
Still can't believe we're here so hats off to MCFC for giving us the opportunity of a lifetime.