Qatar National Day

This blog is now out of order but I didn’t write about Qatar National Day which is on the 18 December. It marks the beginning of Qatar as we know it and the Emir at that time winning battles to remove the Turks from Qatar
This year for the first time they had a major parade along the Corniche. Steve and I went along and standing beside me were a lovely Qatari family. The teenage daughter happily chatted away and explained what was happening if I wasn’t sure.
It was such fun and we were thanked by locals for sharing their special day with them - how cool is that. The day ended with great fireworks and a lazer light show over the water- this is a great little country
I have put some photos showing the progression of the parade from olden days to nowadays. I will post more on my facebook page if you want to see more of them them .

Sheik Faisals museum

Well I haven't updated the blog for a long time so I will go back to January and share some of our outings with you. One sunny day we headed out of town to Sheik Faisal's museum. It is a private museum that holds a great collection of interesting artefacts from Qatar’s Past. It is housed in this amazing new building that looks a bit like a castle I suppose. It was a great day out and Gaye and Anna Voisey came with us and so did Pat and Jeff Churchill and Hazel Reddington who was looked the persian carpets. Hazel was amazed at the similarity between the designs in the carpets and maori designs.