eading for the complex of Roman temples in Baalbeck, we drive from Beirut over the mountains in thick fog with hazard lights blinking, then down into the Bekaa Valley to within fifteen kilometres of the Syrian border. Damascus is only forty-five minutes away. We climb the steps to the propylaea (entrance) of the …
e really can’t believe how cosmopolitan this city of Beirut is. It’s not the ‘Paris of the East’ of the 30’s or pre-Civil War times . . . The country has moved on into the 21st Century in so many ways. Culture, friendly people, and wonderful cuisine! The captions under the photographs tell a …