Have car- buy fish- makes sense!

 As I was walking back from LuLu's (our neighborhood grocer) I was struck by the fact that my Mtn. Dew was not nearly as ice cold as it was 15 seconds ago. We have been kind of in car limbo lately- you can't buy a car without your resident permit and there is a shuttle bus taking us to and from school... and there are taxis. But sometimes a man needs cold soda- it was time to rent a set of wheels and claim some independence. Our sweet ride was delivered on saturday at about noon- yes the delivery was a very nice touch- and the open road was beckoning our beige Nissan Sunny. Not sure what a Sunny looks like? Fear not, nor did I- but I think they are pretty big in china- check out the advert- sweet isn't it?

We decided to go to the Souk Waqif- a collection of shops in narrow alley ways that sells everything from spices to swords. Lisa and the kids were on a mission to find a pet- I went to find coffee and a place to grade papers. I found good strong turkish coffee but started to sweat on the lab reports. The kids found just about everything on their journey- enjoy the pictures and cross your fingers that the next post does not include the word funeral.

Entrance to the Souk Waqif- there are 100's of pigeons on that building- none for sale.

The grand mosque- 

Lisa is still smiling as she enters the animal wing

This is not photoshopped and there is no PETA in Doha

Pleeeeeeeeease may I have a lizard?

and the winner is... fish- may they live long and prosper

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