The music outside the restaurant window had us looking at each other blankly. What in the world? It was a band but it wasn't playing Arabic music. That's for sure. 6 of us were dining in the Moroccan restaurant in the middle of the Souq Waqif in Doha. A popular tourist spot with good food and lots of shopping. What in the world was that sound?? Well, turns out that MardiGras or Carnival as they say in Brazil had come to Doha. I can say it was probably one of the more bizarre mind jumps we have had since moving to the Middle East. But it sure made us all smile. Especially the parade of people following them up and down the sidewalk.... What next?? :)