qatar

❉ snowstorms over germany caused all my flights to be delayed so that now, instead of being back home as i should be, i'm lying in bed in a 5-star hotel suite in qatar, a country i never knew existed before i booked this flight.
will i go exploring outside? no. i know what it's like outside...... wide deserted streets, lined with stunted palms, high-rise construction in progress. perhaps a beach with no people on it. bearded men in white robes and head cloths, strolling around in groups. maybe the odd woman, head to toe in black burkah, rushing around doing errands. slimy taxi drivers slowing down to stare at the foreign girl with no burkah and no escort..'hello miss, where you going?'....
perhaps i judge too harshly. nevertheless i'm spending the day in my 5-star suite.

with my suitcase stuck back in frankfurt, all i have to entertain me is the 'E' channel (and 50 arabic channels) and the contents of my handbag (a laptop with near depleted battery and a magazine twice read)..
meanwhile, my poor cousin is preparing for her hen's party, that i, as maid of honour, was supposed to be hosting, but which i'll now miss.... :o(
at least i'm not missing the wedding...