It has been a very exciting time to live in Qatar. Since we've moved here (and even more since the summer), Qatar has been promoting their bid for the 2022 World Cup. A few friends and I went to the announcement on December 2 to a park near our house called Aspire to watch the bid announcement live. It was jam packed, full of people.
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| Why not?! These tubas proved to be great for amping everyone up,....but sometimes annoying! |
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| Interviewing some children |
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| Everyone sporting the Qatar flag colors |
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| Talking about the possible bid |
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| Anxiously awaiting the announcement at the Souq |
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| Pride |
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| There was so much emotion right before the announcement |
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| And the winner is . . . Q A T A R! ! ! ! We literally were jumping up and down...and tears were streaming down my face. I know, I know, the US lost out on their chance but I truly believe it is a wonderful thing for both the Middle East and Qatar. The amount of pride this country has shown is something I've never seen and I'm happy to be a part of it all. |
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| The Emir and his wife, Sheikha Mozah accepting the bid |
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| Our presence at Aspire Park even landed us (our friends Lauren and Rob...poor Eric was on his way home from work) a spot in the Arabic version of the Gulf Times. I'll try and figure a way to post the commercial I played "woman in taxi" in...I literally was on for about 2 seconds, but still pretty cool. Like I said before...it's an exciting time for Qatar....life as we know it is already different here...it's going to be a crazy 12 years - as if the construction now isn't bad enough. Eric and I both agreed, if we are able, we'll be back for the 2022 World Cup . . . hopefully we'll recognize this wonderful little city in which we live. Qatar has been good to us and we hope it doesn't loose it's charm. |
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