Party On

Nothing like a Lebanese engagement party to welcome visiting friends to Doha.  Nope! Nothing like it. Milt Mary and Rachel got to experience the full deal last night at our compound.  Cars parked everywhere. Arabic music blasting away for all to hear.  Pool closed from 4pm on to set everything up..light show, tables, chairs... food... food... music... And more!  The Lebanese know how to have a party.

The memo said the party would be over at closing. 11pm.  Ha ha hah.!  At 10pm they were delivering more chairs to the deck.  At 11pm Mike, who was about done with this party thing, walked to the desk and informed the manager of the recent memo.  Yes sir. 15 min. more. Ha ha. Uh huh. No, 11pm.  See this is what the memo says.  I paid my rent. My friend Melissa(whose two girls are 7 and 9) paid her rent.  This memo says 11pm. The music needs to be turned off.  This is our home too and the party planners agreed to the terms of the reservation. The manager approached the father of the future bride and some serious "discussion" followed.

A few minutes later the music was turned down.  At least our air conditioners could drown it out mostly. We hope that we will not be labeled as the bad neighbors. Hard line to walk. We shall see.  As a side note, this does not happen often and it was not near as bad as 3 years of building constuction running 24 hours a day in Abu Dhabi. Not even close. :)

Here is what I found this morning. Thought I would share.