Super Bowl, Super Week

I am going to go back a week and fill you in on my Super busy Week.  Our Friends Jim (who works for John in Michigan and spent 1 1/2 years in Doha) and Laura came for a visit, only a week and we packed in a lot!

Sunday:  Laura and I went to tea with British friend Jackie at the Ritz Carleton where we hand lots to eat and good conversation.

Monday: we had a small dinner party with our friends Darren & Jackie (above mentioned Jackie's sister-in-law) and Dominick a jazz musician and served Ezzo sauce and Roush lemon pie.

Tuesday: we went to the Doha Equestrian Center to see some races and explore the grounds and stables.  Laura & Jim are horse people and really enjoyed the visit.  None of us could get over how many stables they have there, thousands.

Museum of Islamic Art

Wednesday: we went to the Museum of Islamic Art, where Jim has done a lot of work on the floors, but never saw the exhibits.  We also had lunch there in the cafe.  Then we went to Souq Waqif for some souvenir shopping, shisha and dinner at our friend's Italian restaurant.  Then we went to the Jazz at Lincoln Center at the St Regis for some nice music and met up with some Spanish friends.

Thursday: was a low key day as we got ready for a party.  We had an international shmorgish borg of appetizers including homemade spring rolls, Scottish cottage pie, Japanese crackers,Armenian dips and of course pizza plus many more.

Friday: we took part in a Doha tradition and had brunch from 12:30-4:00 all you can eat and drink, after we rolled out of there, we went to a business networking event with more drinks.


Saturday: John and I went out with some friends on their speed boat.  Jim & Laura went on a desert safari which included dune bashing and riding camels. Then they caught their flight home.

Our apartment tower from the boat.

Sunday: five loads of laundry done and catching up things.  I set my alarm to wake up and watch the Super Bowl.  After such a busy week, I did the math wrong and woke up in time to watch the third quarter, saw some commercials and went back to bed at 5:30AM as the game wasn't anything to watch and I had an AWA board meeting at 9:30AM.