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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 15:43

[b'>[/b'> no it (Venice) just has amazing history and architecture, palaces and culture but if the kempinski does it for you ?! ;) We all have our own personal opinions about where to live but Eleonor like you I have had the real mediterranean lifestyle and the pearl will never be able to recreate that ! Yes I know.....I, as an Italian, am very proud of Italian (and European) culture, landscape, art, history, architecture, food and so on, because they are my only richness that I bring with me everyday and wherever I am. Moreover, I come from Tuscany, I was born in Pisa, Galileo Galilei's hometown, 40 km away from Leonardo da Vinci hometown, the region where Renaissance started, where Raffaello and Michelangelo worked and lived....you can imagine.... shouldn't I be proud of this? But the world is so wide and at the same time I try to understand also other places, people, points of view, not renouncing to mine, but putting everything (good and bas things from Italy and from other countries) on a balance where there are positive and negative things everywhere. Italy has a glorious past but now it is a country with lots of problems (otherwise we would not be here) so.....I try not to be "haughty" about my being Italian and European also because now not only Italy, but also Europe is no more the centre of the world, and we are (welcomed) guests in another continent. What we can do is to bring with us what there is positive in our culture and try to make the most of the others...hoping that other countries and people can do the same with our culture. I told you, Qanat made me laugh but at the end it made me also proud to see that they wanted somehow - even if in a "clumsy" way - be inspired by the Italian style... :-) cheers, Eleonor

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Latest post on 15 October 2014 - 09:33

[b'>[/b'>Would much rather have the real Venice anyday over a plastic, polluted , fake Disney-esque overpriced version !! the blue water is chemically pumped and might not smell but wouldn't fancy your chances falling in it without you're skin peeling off ! [b'>we have a stunning view of the new Kemplinski Marsa Malaz and the Gulf......you dont have that in Venice...[/b'>Hmmmm no it just has amazing history and architecture,palaces and culture but if the kempinski does it for you ?! ;) We all have our own personal opinions about where to live but Eleonor like you I have had the real mediterranean lifestyle and the pearl will never be able to recreate that so never feel that you have to aspire to live there as there are so many other nice places to live in and around Doha- as many people say none of us own the properties here we are all only in a transient state so i never get these lahdy dah types who come here and become all up themselves overnight ! As in our own countries there is no right or wrong place to live..and so many people have no choices anyway !

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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 19:08

We live t the ECCH compound in education City. I would like to move to West Bay or the Pearl but it is impossible at the moment for us, for many reasons. The compound is nice and full of nice people, houses are not to nice - I have seen much better around - but it is to far from the sea and I suffer this a lot. I come from a town very close to the sea and I miss it. I'm glad to know that actually when you are in Qanat it does not try to get the Venice atmosphere...actually the Venice atmosphere is unique, even if it is old and water is not blue. But if you consider the amount of tourists that are in Venice everyday, the environmental pressure over Venice is very big and, considering this, it is difficult to do more to keep Venice clean. I've been last June for the last time. ciao, Eleonor

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Latest post on 14 October 2014 - 18:30

Eleanor I dont think QQ is anything like Venice....not even remotely...for a start the colours are totally different, the water on the QQ is pure blue, with nothing floating in it and it doesnt smell...... It may be an architects idea of what Venice would look like - but in reality its nothing like it - there are no over priced retail outlets.....there are no retails outlets open at the moment, it may be different when it is fully let. We moved there becasue we like the low rise living, and we have a stunning view of the new Kemplinski Marsa Malaz and the Gulf......you dont have that in Venice... Whereabouts do you live in Doha?

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Latest post on 13 October 2014 - 14:14

may I ask you how does it feel to live in a "fake Venice"? I have not been yet, I am curious to see it.... the first time I saw pictures I could not stop laughing.....It seems unbelivable for me as an Italian....but at the same time it makes me proud. I acknowledge the fact that Italian style is appreciated here.... what do you think? cheers Eleonor

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Latest post on 12 October 2014 - 17:25

Hi Princess J I live in the QQ as well....I don't know anyone else and I don't have a baby...LOL?... but I have had three children who are grown up....I am flying to the UK a tonight and I will be back at New Year, I move out in March full time.....

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Hi I am moving to the qanat quartier very soon. Are there any mums with babies there? Hi, We were supposed to move there but the agent was useless and wasn't going to meet the deadline so we went with another one for a flat in one of Sabban Towers so we live accross the road from you. Please feel free to email me on: [email protected] Would be nice to meet up :)

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Hi I am moving to the qanat quartier very soon. Are there any mums with babies there?

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