Shocking: We're eating again

We went to the Doha Food Festival this weekend because eating is our favorite hobby!  It was hosted at the Islamic Museum of Art park.

There  was an option to dine in the sky.

But we stayed on the grounded and visited the various food stalls.

 We got some good eats and good views.

Happy birthday Greg!  We hope you have a marvelous birthday.  Happy Easter!!!

What's that cost?

Doha is pretty much a huge construction site while preparing for the 2022 World Cup.  It can be frustrating and amusing.

This riveting post is about the price of typical items in Doha. (Aren't you super excited?!?) Give it a skim; it might be a little fun.  It's not like Jonathon was embarrassed of me walking around the store snapping photos. :)

When we first moved to Qatar is took some time getting acclimated to a new currency.  On top of that, at the grocery store we had to switch from using pounds to kilograms.  I was confused more than I would like to admit, but we finally have our bearings regarding Doha pricing.

The best: 
We pay about $15 to pull into a gas station and have somebody pump our tank completely full.  Gas here is subsidized so every station charges the same dirt cheap price.

The good:
-Hummus = $1 per container
-Pita bread =$0.10 a piece

-Car washes cost $7 for someone to come to our place and clean a vehicle. 
-Eggplant is so cheap that we keep buying it even though we still haven't figured out how to cook it properly.

-Cucumbers = $1 per lb

The produce labels also indicates the origin of import.  K.S.A. is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Where the food is imported from makes a big impact in the price.  $0.80/lb or $2.60/lb

The bad:
-Anything that is imported is crazy (ACWS- get it Baugh?) expensive.
-Greek yogurt = $7.50 (oh how I miss you)
-Lunch Meat = $8
-Doritos = $6

The ugly:
Alcohol = $15 for a beer at a restaurant (But you can't buy alcohol at every restaurant, only place in hotels.) Drink one for us!

Our weekend also included some basketball watching.  We were just excited that KU had the early game, so we were able to watch live.  Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

Bahrain

Hi.  Remember me?  I used to be a regular blogger here.  Sorry about the lack of blogging lately.  I just have writer's block and think I would lose readers if I started blogging about our week filing taxes.  Good thing we made a fun trip to Bahrain this weekend with friends.

We took a quick 40 minute plane ride to the nearby island of Bahrain.

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Traveling with this crazy bunch really made the trip!  As you can see, we were very serious the entire time.

So the adventure consisted of exploring forts and the Pearl Trail:

Eating yummy food:

Visiting the Mosque:

And lots of full belly laughter!

Thinking about one very special bride celebrating this weekend.  Sending lots of love to Minnesota.  Happy birthday Grandpa Roy!

Basically Celebs

We are really popular these days and have been surrounded by famous people.

Last weekend we got to attend a tennis tournament and watch Venus Williams kick booty.  Cell phone photos for the win, because who would read a blog without pictures?

Then we enjoyed an Ed Sheeran concert.  I am definitely a fan now after seeing him perform in person.  He kept the crowd entertained for two hours just him, his guitar, and some sweet playback features he was operating with his feet.  

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I think Doha might be a big deal now.  At least people started noticing it on the map.