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The captions under the photographs tell a very small part of the Beirut we discovered – on this trip, and with full resolve to return! Our stay with the friendly and accommodating people at the new Le Gray Hotel has been an important part of our experience.
We go down to the recently completed Zailunay Bay area of seafood restaurants on the Mediterranean for dinner here in Beirut
Martyrs’ Square – the statue is from the 40’s, after Independence, is very symbolic. It represents those leaders who approached the Ottoman Pasha during a period of severe hardship and starvation for relief in taxes in the early 20th century. He responded by bringing them to this square, and hanging them!
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ONE WEEK LATER
It’s difficult to believe that just one week later, something like this car-bomb attack that killed Lebanon’s Security Minister could happen in the wonderful city of Beirut that we’d enjoyed so enthusiastically.
Shocking – we drove through this same peaceful area of Beirut only last Friday.
mike, i love lebanon very much and one of the destinations i really would love to visit. food is No 1 and people and wonderful to be with, the landscape wonderful to see