Qatar Study Tour Day 9
Today in Doha was an amazing day. In school, they celebrated Qatar National Day, which is on the 18th of December. To celebrate it, some classes put on presentations teaching the other students about Qatari customs, which included everything from women’s daily lives to football (soccer). There was a ton of food, which was all traditional Qatari food ranging from chicken and rice to cake. There were also activities, such as quizzes on Qatar’s history. Additionally, all of the students wore maroon or white as those are the colors on the Qatari flag. In the middle of the school day, we all had lunch from the school cafeteria for the first time. The cafeteria had several options for lunches, desserts, and drinks. My host bought me chicken and rice, a muffin, and a mango juice, and after we finished we played volleyball and badminton until the break was done. After school finished, all of the students from CGS, their hosts, and a few other students got onto the bus that would take