walk by the ocean

It's been awhile since my last posting. School is going very well. The campus is so nice, and my class is small. I have my own office now, although it is isolated from the other chemistry teachers. Still nice to have my own space. Living in the city is not really my cup of tea. It seems there is very little opportunity to get away from the concrete sidwalks, and the noise and smells of traffic. This morning, though, I took a long walk along the 'Corniche' which is a beautiful seafront walk. It's about 5 km long, and by the time I finished I was not feeling so well, with the sun and heat. A big glass of juice and some food helped to fix that up. I caught a cab to get back to the apartment. The views of the new towers being built in the city centre area are quite remarkeable. I've included a picture of the beautiful garden area just outside of my classroom, and a couple pics from my walk this morning. It is incredible the amount of construction there is in Doha, and these three new towers are just a sample. I counted over sixteen construction cranes in the small city centre area.