Monday, December 18, 2023

Ernie's Journey to Qatar

Ernie was about to embark upon a nautical journey longer than anything I've ever dared. What could possibly go wrong?


Ernie did have some business to attend to while we packed our luggage and readied the supplies.



He made a few calls on his big boy phone.





Can you hear me now?





















The flights we had were nasty. They were so expensive that we ended up with a Finnair flight to Doha that had a stop in Helsinki. We had like zero minutes to change planes and had to run through the airport and barely made the flight and were then those awkward last people that everyone is mad at waiting for.



On one of the planes I boarded the flight attendant started speaking to me in jibber jabber and I responded in sweet sweet English. She apologized and said "you look so Finnish". Why, thank you.



Ernie had a spot of trouble sleeping on the plane. He kept waking up every time some one coughed. Why are people in economy class always sick?



I caught up on my documentaries.





At the Doha, Qatar airport we waited a long time for our luggage but it never came. This was a large problem as we now had no car seat and no crib. We eventually gave up and filed a lot luggage report. In the meantime Lydia the genius found us a car service where the cars all had car seats! I'm not sure what we would have done otherwise.


The Ritz-Carlton, Sharq Village & Spa Doha was lovely but we were too tired to explore and tried to get some sleep. Ernie was pretty angry all night. I think he's just getting to the age where his circadian rhythm is starting up and so was feeling his first jet lag. We would put him in the hotel provided crib and he might sleep a short while but then would wake up and scream. The only way he would sleep was in the bed physically touching Lydia. Also he's used to his own crib which has soft mesh sides. So at home he can flop around at will but now he was hitting his head on wooden things or getting his arms or legs stuck in the slats. It was pretty miserable.



I guess the Ritz has a kid's club thing so Ern got some cool swag.



We had arrived on Qatar National Day and so had nice boxes of chocolate covered dates waiting for us. They were delicious.

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