A Few of My Favourite Things !

Can you be nostalgic for a time & place that you’ve never known? I’ve heard that Beirut was the ‘Paris’ of the Middle East in its heyday and citizens who have since moved from Lebanon wax lyrical about its beauty and liveliness. Having now made my first (whirlwind) visit to Beirut, I wish I had known her in her prime. I loved the hospitality of the people, the mountain-to-sea aspect, the contrasting fashions of the various religious groups. I would return in a heartbeat.

My first walk was along the promenade to the Raouché (Pigeon Rocks):

The American University of Beirut:

You don’t see female taxi drivers very often there (in fact, she was the only one I saw) and our driver so SO unimpressed that a woman was driving:

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