Oktoberfest

Last night John and I along with new and old friends went to Oktoberfest at the InterContinental hotel here in Doha. It was the hottest ticket in town, luckily John is a VIP at the hotel since he was able to clean the exterior of the hotel after 6 years of neglect. It was a lot of fun with traditional German food, they flew in 1.5 tons of Sauerkraut and had my favorite, hot pretzels. Of course there was beer, it was served in the traditional German steins, large and small. It was held in a giant tent draped in white and blue fabric with long tables and benches, it did remind me a little bit of the Hofbrauhaus in Munich. Dancing on the tables was prohibited, but standing on the benches was encouraged by the traditional German band which lead cheers, toasts and sing-a-longs. And yes they preformed the chicken dance. Oans, zwoa, gsuffa!

Car Accident

On my way to QAWS today, I got in my first Doha car accident. I was in the round about cutting over to make the turn and an SUV in the curb lane ran into the passenger back seat door. The police came quickly to the scene and had us move our cars out of the round about. We then waited over an hour for other police to come. The Qatari man who hit me had called them several times and then they called him and said we should come to the investigation station. Mr. Al-Sulaiteen who hit me was very nice and lead me to the station. Of course there was no parking, so we made our own and went in to get a number. Half an hour later we were at the counter and they were talking in Arabic. Mr. Al-Sulaiteen drew a picture of what happened then the guy looked at our cars. It was decided that it was not my fault and I just had to wait for the paper work and get it stamped. I got back home 3 1/2 hours later, didn't walk any dogs, but I am fine.

Later tonight we are going to watch the Lions game at a friend's apartment in our building that has the sports package. Go Tigers, I won't be able to stay up for that game.