Dear Ellen,
I gave up my weekend to head to a military conference in Doha, Qatar. That’s a LONG flight. I appreciated being on a non-stop in terms of not worrying about connections and lost bags, but I think next time I’ll seek a connecting route so I can break up the 13 hour flight. My tailbone is still aching! I also seem to have picked up some sinusitis, so have spent today at home being slothful as opposed to the planned day off getting some packing done for the coming moves up to PA and into a smaller place here.
Qatar is a rich country that welcomes us. (It says so right on their water tower!) They are sitting on an extremely large natural gas reserve and their population average income is somewhere around $150K per capita. Of course, they have many guest workers who make far less. Other than natural gas, there isn’t a lot there. They are working to build lots of things including reclaiming land to extend their acreage. They do have lots of sand.
You may be looking for knitting content as there was none in my last post. I’m here to serve. Here I am working on my latest socks outside of my lodging…no, I didn’t add fill light to the photo. It was just that bright. Sunglasses are a must. Also, in the event of any big mistakes, you will be glad to know that they stock “Rip It” power drink at the dining facility. Thoughtful of them, don’t you think?
Love, Jan
Jan and Ellen are identical twins who have always had an innate fashion sense. Crafting is an integral part of their lives and they stay stitched together sharing their love of knitting, family and community.
June 15th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
The Rip It is a bit scary. What if it made you rip indiscriminately???
June 15th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
At least a long flight is good knitting time? (Though I never seem to manage to get anything done on a plane, for some reason.) At least the trip sounds exotic, even if the reality wasn’t too exciting. =)
June 16th, 2011 at 6:49 am
Must have been burning hot. We have American friends who divide their time between Qatar and Dubai. She has mentioned how the glue that held her flip-flop souls on, melted. I guess her flip flopped.
At least it didn’t rip it.
June 16th, 2011 at 10:10 am
Ooh, Rip It soda - I need a few cans of that to get through some projects whose yarn I want to reclaim! (Someday…) I have a friend who just did a series of interesting teleconferences between her students and students at a university in Qatar - it was apparently a major learning experience for everyone involved.