Stay-cation

Eid al-Adha or Second Eid as it is known to expats is a four day holiday here in Qatar which had a weekend in between, meaning, most people got a six day break.  75% of the people leave Doha which makes driving here nice for those who stay.

If you can believe it, John worked as little as he had to and we did some fun things this last week.  It started Wednesday with a coffee and exploring Lagoona Mall, the mall closest to our house.  We haven’t done this since we first came to Doha.  

Thursday started with a trip to IKEA to get office furniture for John’s new office space.  After lunch we rented a yacht and speed boat leaving from the Pearl and took the New Image Senior management and their families on a trip out to a close by island for a BBQ and swim. 

Friday we went to the Jazz club after it had been closed all summer and some waiters we know are still there.  Our friend Richard is now in charge of the music.  We also met the singer Chanel from New York.

 

Saturday was a quiet day until we realized the cleaning lady wasn’t coming (see was off too) and then we had to clean the apartment, luckily we had cleaning supplies!  After John cleaned the balcony we watched the sunset with wine and cheese.  Later that night we watched Eid fireworks from our balcony. 

  

Sunday the Turner family invited us over for a proper English Sunday Roast complete with meat and chicken, gravy, potatoes, vegetables and Yorkshire Pudding followed by a delicious apple crumble.  

Monday was a bit back to normal as I did the grocery shopping and John worked from home.  Now we are getting ready for our trip to Abu Dhabi and Dubai for John to work and have some meetings.  I’ll write about next week!