Creating Nice Moments Packing for a picnic and sleeping under the stars is not a usual way people spend their time as it requires a bit of work and planning. As well, a hundred things can go wrong such as: bugs crawling over or landing on the food, bugs that bite like mosquitos, forgetting something…
Category: Qatar
10 Day Travel Photo Challenge – Day 2
Welcome to Day 2 of this 10 Day Travel Photo Challenge! My Dusty Flip-Flops has nominated me for this challenge, thank you my friend! My Dusty Flip-Flops and I have been following each other’s blog adventures here on WordPress since 2017. It’s always nice to reconnect! The 10 Day Travel Photo Challenge: post one photo for 10 days with no…
Today is my 51st Birthday! Reflections of my First Year in the Second Half of my Life – What a Hell of a Ride!
51 It is just a number. To me, 51 represents the distance in this journey of my life. Reflections Emotions are messy. Regulating them is challenging at best. Sitting with uncomfortable emotions without reaction takes practice. Meditation truly gives inner peace, but Rome wasn’t built in a day and the same applies to my meditation…
Nova Scotia, Canada – Home After 4 Years in Qatar
Coming home meant a continuum of emotions, along with lots of to-do lists, as we became Canadian residents again while starting our life here with everything we gained in Qatar. Settling into 5th Wheel Living This was a rigamarole of making our way through campsites until we finally found what we were looking for: free….
Let Repatriation Back To Canada Begin! Final Goodbye Qatar and Hello Canada!
What a ride it has been! I arrived in Qatar August 30th, 2015 to start a new life with my new husband! It took me 3 years to adjust to a new husband, new country, new culture, finding new friends, finding a new job, creating a new home, adjusting to and learning my new job,…
Newly Understood Differences Between Azerbaijani & Qatari Culture
Muslim Vibe Azerbaijan was once a state of the Soviet Union and a Muslim majority country. More than 90% of the population are Muslim. Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan. One of my favorite experiences of travel is feeling the vibe of the location. The Muslim vibe in Baku is very different than that of…
Breakfast With Mai – Saying Goodbye For Now….
I wanted to give Mai her own blog because of my four years in Qatar, with only two Qatari women did I established a friendship with – Mai was one of them. I don’t want to offend any Qatari who reads this because I don’t want to sweep the generalization brush. However, my experience, my…
Last Night in Qatar – West Bay & Dhow Boat Cruise & Marmara Istanbul Restaurant
When I first arrived in Doha, we went on a dhow boat cruise with the Atiq Gang! When I first arrived in Doha, Michael would take us to eat at the Marmara Istanbul Restaurant! This special night, our last night in Qatar, we went for a Dhow Boat cruise with the Atiq Gang – Glenn…
Landmark Mall – Express Beauty, Coffee Shops, Paul and Carrefour!
Landmark Mall I went to Landmark Mall in the afternoon of our last full day in Qatar to run some final errands. This was my everyday, go-to mall because it was convenient as it was close to our compound and on my way home from work, meaning on the side of the North Road I…
The Colorado Restaurant & McDonald’s
Our last full day in Qatar was a Tuesday. Had Michael’s contract been renewed and not given two weeks to leave Qatar, this week would have been his Spring Break. Therefore, at 8:52am Michael was picked up by his work guy gang (those friends who stuck around Qatar during break, who didn’t travel) to eat…