Our trip continued as many awesome trips do: with a stop at Istanbul airport.
The life experience of a baby who's probably been to Istanbul airport more than once is completely alien to me.
That Turkish Airlines backpack will be treasured.
Should we stunt on our haters in Doha, Qatar with our new backpack? Yes, yes we should.
Lydia was falling asleep in the cab and Ernie kept yelling “Mama! Eyeballs!” because he couldn’t see her eyes.
We had some hotel breakfast at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Doha Old Town.
Hotels are pretty much the only time Ernie is allowed to just go ape on a tv remote and/or unplugged telephone. Every one of those buttons is getting mashed up real good.
We were wondering how many tissues were in the box and performed an experiment to get some answers.
We explored Doha's Souq Waqif.
The Golden Thumb Statue
We visited the Bird Souq, where one can meet all of the falcon and falconry accessory needs.
I saw what seemed to be a big pile of wings that were no longer connected to their owners. I don't know and I don't want to know.
We saw some falcon stuff happening up close.
There was still some fun signs of the 2022 world cup that was hosted here. I remember being amused at how much related merchandise was still sitting unsold at some of the local shops. I think it may be time to have a clearance sale or something.
Cruise ships are really impressive vehicles. It's like a floating city.
We boarded Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Dawn and did some exploration. I believe Ernie decided that this part of the deck was a "choo choo" that he would ride numerous times on this voyage.
Ern has actually had an adventure on this boat once before: last year around this time..
They take their gingerbread houses seriously on this vessel.
Anchors aweigh!
