As the national soccer columnist for Postmedia, I have the opportunity to watch Canada play at a World Cup again, this time on the ground here in Doha.
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From Toronto, my first stop was Munich, where I had a 10-hour layover heading towards Doha, Qatar. The layover allowed me to catch up on some sleep, which I didn’t get much on the eight-hour flight across the Atlantic Ocean.Article content I boarded a flight from Munich after a 10-hour layover, to Cairo, Egypt, and arrived at 2 a.m. The airport in Cairo was quiet at that time and I had to wait three hours before able check in for my final flight to Qatar.Article content
I eventually made it to my seat where I sat beside a young boy and his mother. The boy asked why I was going to Doha, and I told him it was for the World Cup. He said he wasn’t all that interested because Mohamed Salah was not playing as Egypt had not qualified, but he did like Cristiano Ronaldo.Article contentIn Doha, things were extremely organized. I breezed through customs and went to meet up with a friend from Edmonton who will be my host for the next month.
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