After dinner at Rumors Wednesday night with Jana, Rick, Jen and Shawn and off course the kids , we woke not so early Thursday morning. Packed up the car and headed out. Leaving Saudi, driving through country that looked more like the desert than anywhere we live. It was marvelous to see the herds of camels with their minders close to the Hofuf area.
The weekend, well half day, night and half day was great. We had a look around Doha with Larry, popped in at the rugby club, enjoyed a local souk where the girls got to enjoy a donkey ride and of course André couldn't resist buying a small hanging carpet. At a park Friday morning where we played on a skateboard ramp sans skateboards :) and then the girls even got to try a bit of ice-skating.
We headed back mid afternoon Friday and after a looong unplanned detour - oops - through Hofuf and another non-english-signposted town, we finally arrived back home around 7:30pm.
We'll be heading back begining of February again as André is reffing a ladies rugby tournament there. Of course we're looking forward to spending time with Larry again !
The Desert
Arriving in Doha at Uncle Larry's, Thursday evening.
"from the modern and then back to the old"
The falcon's were awesome, seemed terribly cruel especially some of the injured ones we noticed but these amazing birds are so much of the culture and life here.
Friday
the sliding was a bit of a difficulty for those of us with a weight "advantage" hehehe
Ice Skating
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