Many thanks for all of the comments and all of the messages! I would love to return to Doha one day - although this time I'm not sure I'd want to stay in a tent. I must admit though, we did have nice air conditioned tents!
I have so many great memories of my time in Qatar, from the National Museum, to a trip to the Zoo, to just shopping in the souq, the sights, the smells, the food! We had Thanksgiving holiday dinner at the Sheraton, we'd order dinner to be delivered from the Caravan, and there was always Pizza Hut when we just felt like something from 'home'. I still make a pretty good shawarma and falafel...
But mostly it was the people.
Coming from the US, I didn't know much more about Middle Eastern culture than I'd learned in the media (and that was mostly a combination of the Lebanon civil war, old Sinbad movies, and Ali Bāba and the Forty Thieves) so I didn't really know what to expect. I was happy to find so many people who were as eager to learn about us, as we were to learn about them, from the Imam at the Mosque, to members of the government, to average people on the street. I was literally asked to have dinner with so many people that I could have eaten at a different house for every night I spent in Doha!
Many thanks for all of the comments and all of the messages! I would love to return to Doha one day - although this time I'm not sure I'd want to stay in a tent. I must admit though, we did have nice air conditioned tents!
I have so many great memories of my time in Qatar, from the National Museum, to a trip to the Zoo, to just shopping in the souq, the sights, the smells, the food! We had Thanksgiving holiday dinner at the Sheraton, we'd order dinner to be delivered from the Caravan, and there was always Pizza Hut when we just felt like something from 'home'. I still make a pretty good shawarma and falafel...
But mostly it was the people.
Coming from the US, I didn't know much more about Middle Eastern culture than I'd learned in the media (and that was mostly a combination of the Lebanon civil war, old Sinbad movies, and Ali Bāba and the Forty Thieves) so I didn't really know what to expect. I was happy to find so many people who were as eager to learn about us, as we were to learn about them, from the Imam at the Mosque, to members of the government, to average people on the street. I was literally asked to have dinner with so many people that I could have eaten at a different house for every night I spent in Doha!
Mike
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