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Travel Blogs from Jounieh
Sunburnt and Sore: Skiing Faraya Mzaar
... outside of Beirut.
It was a wonderful whirlwind of a ski trip, low cost and high fun, just the way we like it. John's friend from childhood, who is living in Turkey on a Full-bright Fellowship, is visiting us in Beirut for the coming week. I'm excited to play tour guide of my new temporary home, it will be a fun-filled week. Anis mentioned he wants to take us back to the South for the weekend, or maybe to Baalbek. We'll ...
Beirut by tanker
... pedestrian friendly! Around to the Cardio Maximus with some ruins, which lay next to St George's Cathedral and Mohammed al-Amin Mosque (newly built). Church and Mosque stand side by side in unity.
Stumbling upon a tumbling down cement structure across from the mosque, we were unsure what it was. Locals call it the Blob or the egg, but it was once a cinema...today it is a cement and metal shell that is falling into the carpark that is underneath ...
Beirut
... We then visited the ruins of Baalbeck. We then travelled into Beirut, a pretty big city, modern and not overally impressive. It had lots of new buildings and a nice waterfront. We spent about 3 hours here exploring together as a group. We visited a beautiful mosque where had to be first time completely covered so had to put on outfit the mosque provided. Very hot, how do women do it? ...
Chouf, Rabbat dinner and an attempt at Sky Bar!
... to feel a little uncomfortable given that there were at least 5 Ferrari's, 4 Lamborghini's and more Porsche's than I could count everywhere I looked. The valet asked us if we had a reservation and since we didn't, he wouldn't even park our car. Refusing to give up, we drove to the self parking lot all the way in the back, parked the car and charged forward to the front door.
Once there, Alain told me "Chris, ...
Amazing views in Harissa
... over the beautiful view. We only spent a short time here as the last cable car on the Teleferique left at 6:30pm and the kids had school the next day so we said our goodbye’s. It was amazing going down the mountain in the cable car and looking into people’s living rooms and kitchens while taking in the beautiful views. I'm glad that it wasn't windy because it would have been a scary ride in those cable cars.
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