As I mentioned, we really hit the ground running upon our arrival. Since Eric worked all week, Thursday night our neigbors in the cul-de-sac told us they would be ordering in....yes, they have delivery here!!! and we were welcome to join. So, we ordered dinner and spent the evening outside, under the stars, getting to know our new neighbors. While we were eating, many other people were walking around the development, stopping by to say hi on the way....it's great to live in a nice community.
Our neighbors Wendi and Nick were telling us about this big fundraiser the next night called the "Boot Scoot" ....I guess it's just a fancy name for a Texan party where they do the country dancing. Many of the American expats living here are from Texas. Texas A & M has a university here so this was the 12th year of this fundraiser. You go, dressed up with the "cowboy/girl" outfit, eat delicious TexMex and dance the two step and other country dances. We still haven't received our shipment of clothing so we didn't really have much to work with. Luckily somone lent Jennie a vest and a bandana. Eric borrowed a cowboy hat. It was quite The night! We did our best to learn the two step but even though we weren't great, we had a wonderful time. We met lots of people from Eric's company and also from other companies who are based here. Never did we think we'd have 300+ Texans in a small country in the Middle East. See above-a photo of the bench I "won" from the silent auction.
This is a photo of our new neighbors and good friends, Nick and Wendi at the Boot Scoot!
Some more people we met from Eric's work at the Boot Scoot :)
We were also able to explore a new development in Doha called The Pearl-www.thepearlqatar.com. Absolutely amazing!!! It's supposed to be able to accomodate 50,000 people. So far, there aren't many occupants but it's an amazing man-made island with high end stores and restaurants. They are still constructing it but it's beautiful.
Some of the buildings they have constructed as a part of The Pearl-check out the yachts! We were there on a Friday morning-holy day in Qatar and it was virtually empty.
A photo of Eric at the Pearl with the downtown section of Doha in the background...it's a little hard to see because of the dust/haze.
More views of The Pearl-see the few cranes on the far right?
The entrance (from the inside) to The Pearl.
The parking lot for now and more construction--really a lot of cranes!!
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