Sunday, March 23, 2014

Food festival on Saturday and the rain

 It was the only day when we had time to go out for the much awaited yearly event  - the Food Festival . It is improving every year . It has always nice atmosphere . I expected  fun time .
 When we arrived there was empty parking space near the MIA park . That was something unusual . It was overcast and dull - it looked it was just about to rain . It did not disturb the people around us enjoying food and entertainment .Korean chefs were drumming on pots and performing on one stage . Then  we found an empty table and while some members from the family were waiting some other members were  hunting food .
 We  had just bought some chicken wrap from Grand Heritage Hotel' tent when it started to rain heavily . Everybody rushed into those posh hotels' tent :) I was a bit worried because  my family disappeared . I was reluctant to use my mobile as I was standing in the rain  -  the pizza show on  stage two went on as nothing happened . Suddenly a lots of empty tables :)After some minutes the pizza show was interrupted by the speaker " Sorry  the rain can be dangerous with electronic devices so we must stop for a while ":  The clown jazz band with jugglers and stilt-walkers were still strolling around when   thunders  were heard .

Ten minutes heavy rain then it stopped .  Then we saw the sun and expected rainbow and better weather but it became dull again . So we decided to  return home . I was terrified to see that during all this storm the  dine in air program went on . A crane lifted an open cabin into the air with people sitting around the table and having their meals .
I am not an expert but it seemed to be very dangerous .Lighting  could have struck that crane .
I am  very much afraid. Some years ago people died and got seriously injured in Budapest during the national day celebrations as a storm came and nobody cancelled the open -air programs .

Rain happens even in Doha .Better to check out the weather forecast before planning an open-air outing .

 This year festival will be memorable  as  the"rainy " one .

 Photos from the Twitter !Thank you for the users to make it possible to use their photos .




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Location: MIA Park, Doha, Qatar

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