8AM I left for the car rental companies with available cars. There was one that I found for just over 90 SAR. But they were not lending it to me because they wanted Saudi ID.
9AM It turned out Yelo is Europcar. It was only a 20-minute walk from the hotel. I had to get them to drive to get Paoula because she had the international license. After getting the car, we checked out and drove to Jawatha Mosque, supposedly the oldest one in Eastern Arabia.
Local Saudi oud fragrance
Lake park by the Jawatha Mosque
11AM It was only half an hour away. It was tiny. We then went around to see the park nearby. We actually took the wrong entrance. It was somewhat blocked off but the guard didn't give us trouble when we left.
1PM We went to Al Qatar Hill. We spent a couple of hours there, had dinner at a local seafood restaurant.
Seafood platter
6PM We returned the car and then left for the train station. She didn't let me get coffee because she thought there wasn't time. There was. We took an Uber to the train station and waited there for 30 minutes.
7PM The train experience was much more pleasant and we arrived at Riyadh a little before 10PM.
10PM We decided to pick up the car at the airport the next day. We took an Uber to get to Hilton Garden Inn in the Financial District.
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