Museum of Islamic Art/Islamisk konst

I torsdags var vi pa museet for islamisk konst. Antligen, ska jag kanske tillagga. Har ju bott har ett tag och beundrat byggnaden fran andra delar av staden och fran utsidan nar vi flera ganger besokt den tillhorande parken. For en hel ar sedan sag jag en dokumentar pa TV om arkitekten och sjalva byggnadsprojektet. Det sag intressant ut! Mycket att titta pa, annu mer att uppleva arkitekturen, utsikten och atmosfaren i sig. Nagra smakprov:

Last Thursday, we went to the Museum of Islamic Art. Finally, should I maybe add. After all, I have been living here for a while now. Have been admiring the building from outside, from other parts of the city at distance and from the attached surrounding park. A couple of years ago, I watched a documentary about the architect and his project to build this building. It caught my attention! So many interesting items to see and learn about, but even the architecture, the views and the atmosphere themselves, are worth the visit. A glimpse:

At night!

Blossoms fighting the heat!

Looong red carpet!

Parfym!

Guests on their way to coronation.

Indisk vaggbonad.

Akta allt!

Sweet!

Turkish lamp

Skyline of the Business and Trade area

Batar och stadssiluett

Gammal och nytt.

Besök på souq Waqif Visit at souq waqif

http://instagram.com/p/asBXDoRWud/

En tur på den gammaldags marknaden.
An evening visit at the local old style market.

Sweden in Qatar

Nu nar jag bor lite langt fran Sverige blir det att jag kollar efter och hajar till om jag ser nagot "svenskt".
Ibland tar jag dessutom kort pa det. En del kort ar inte sa vackra, andra ar mindre snygga.

Now since I live a bit far from Sweden, it often happens that I am keeping my eyes open for "Swedish stuff". Sometimes I also take a picture of it. Some pictures are not very beautiful, others are less lovely.

Svensk och qatarisk flagga utanfor IKEA

For nagra manader sedan oppnade IKEA i Qatar. Omradet runt omkring byggs for fullt, "Doha Festival City". Jag laste en artikel haromsistens, "Fifteen signs you have lived in Qatar too long" (10 tecken pa att du har bott i Qatar for lange). Ett av dem var att "du blir overexalterad av att IKEA oppnar". Och, ja, det far jag ju erkanna att det ar sant... Anda har jag inte bott har SA lange!
For ovrigt ar det en valdigt rolig lista med igenkanningsfaktor hos manga har... Se hela listan har:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/9990816/Fifteen-signs-you-have-lived-in-Qatar-too-long.html

A few months ago, IKEA opened in Qatar. The area "Doha Festival City" is growing every minute. I read and article a few weeks ago, "Fifteen signs you have lived in Qatar too long". One of them: "When you get unnaturally excited about Ikea opening" was spot on, I must admit that... Although l haven't been living here SO long! By the way, the list is quite fun (and true?) and lots of people here can tick many of the items of the list...

Vi kan val kalla SAAB och Volvo "svenska" bilar, da finns det svenska bilar i Qatar. De ar fa och Volvo ar vanligast. Nu skrev ag om bilar igen, detta ar inte bra. Vi fortsatter:

I guess we might call SAAB and Volvo "Swedish" cars. If so, there are some Swedish cars in Qatar. They are few and Volvo is the most common one. One more post mentioning cars, this is not good, let's move on:

Av allt gott svenskt godis sa ar det just Daim som saljs har. Det forstar jag inte riktigt. Sa det har jag inte kopt... Har daremot lyckats hitta FairTrade (tro det eller ej) mork choklad som far folja med hem och bli uppaten.

Of all nice Swedish sweets there is, it is only "Daim" being sold here. Can't really understand that. But believe it or not, I have found Fair Trade Dark Chocolate that (quite often) comes home with me.