Four Seasons
November 6, 2009 | Filed Under Main | Leave a Comment
Welcome to the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha. A quaint little family place for people longing for the simple life. Or not. The hotels out here are all very new and compete for who can be the most “high end” on the market. Had two days of meetings here – well, not me exactly. The firm did. I did a one hour presentation, had lunch and then went looking for a beer. This is the view from my room:
It was a painful ordeal. That plus dinner one night at the Four Seasons and the next at the Ritz Carlton, which were good but very “nouvelle”. The definition of nouvelle cuisine is to serve five ravioli on a plate the size of a hubcap.
My boss and I made it out to one of the Irish pubs in a nearby Sheraton (every country in the world has an Irish pub. Even France!). However, Qatar instituted a new law that states you are not allowed into a drinking establishment unless you are a member. To become a member, you must either show your Qatari resident card or your passport. So we ran back to the hotel and got our passports. Still not enough. The passport would get us a membership card for that pub ONLY. We sat for our pictures, paid QR 35 ($10) and finally got in for a pint an hour later.
As you can see, it was a grueling couple of days -especially with the first class flights – but I made it through. Later I will tell you about our field trip.
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