Traveling

Sunday, 17 November 2024

Qatar 2024 - Part 1

Munich Airport

Friday - November 8th 2024

Our next was vacation was upon us and so Friday after work we drove to Munich Airport, where we stayed for one night at Novotel, since our flight to Doha left in the morning. After we checked in, we took the bus to the terminal to find something for dinner. We ended at Oliva and got a plant based döner, which was just okay. Then we bought some magazines for the flight and returned to the hotel, where we enjoyed a glass of wine before heading back to the newly renovated room.

Munich Airport

Plant Based Döner

Drinks

Our Room

Saturday, 16 November 2024

Qatar 2024 - Part 2

Travel Day

Saturday - November 9th 2024

Since our flight departed in the morning, we had to get to the airport pretty early. From the hotel we took a taxi to the terminal and once we dropped off our luggage and passed security, we headed straight to the airport lounge for breakfast. We enjoyed a quiet and relaxed breakfast before it was time for boarding. Our Qatar Airways flight left on time and about six hours later we arrived in Doha. The flight itself was very uneventful, but the offered plant based meal was disppointing. After immigration and picking up our luggage, we stopped at Costa Coffee for iced coffee and croissants. Then we picked up our rental car from Avis and soon we were on our way to the hotel. Of course we got lost several times, but we finally made it to the Marriott Marquis City Center Doha. After we unpacked, we checked out the hotel and got a welcome beer at the outdoor hotel bar. Since it was already dinner time, we went to the adjacent Doha City Center Shopping Mall to get something to eat. We stopped at an Indian fast food restaurant and to our surprise the food wasn pretty decent. Afterwards we checked out the mall before returning to the hotel and calling it a day.

Airport Lounge

Breakfast

Flying to Doha

Inflight Meal

Doha Airport

Coffee Break

Marriott Marquis City Center

Our Room

Pool Area

Welcome Beer

Doha

Doha City Center Mall

Dinner

Saturday, 9 November 2024

Qatar 2024 - Part 9

Flying Home

Saturday - November 16th 2024

We had to get up pretty early, because our flight back to Munich was departing around 9:00am and we had to drop off our rental car first. After we checked out, we drove to the airport, which took about 20 minutes. Finding the rental car return was a bit of a hassle, since there weren't any signs leading to Avis. However, me managed to find the right car park to return our car. Once we dropped off our luggage and did the security check, we got breakfast at the airport lounge and did some shopping in the duty free stores. Then it was already time for boarding and soon our plane was on its way to Munich, where we arrived in the early afternoon. After a coffee at Starbucks we drove back to Salzburg.