Since we feel like we've been working, working, working, we decided to take a walk around and see some more of where we are living before school starts tomorrow. As we were walking down to the water we saw this sign:
I'm thinking this tutor isn't going to get many jobs....
We then went down to the Corniche and went the opposite way we would to go to school. This is the view both ways. Notice...no sandy beaches but you see a lot of people swimming in the tide pools.
You also see men fishing everywhere. They have really long fishing poles and no reels. The line seems to just be attached at the end. The fish they catch are really small. Maybe about 3 - 4 inches.
As we were walking, we passed a very serious place here in Beirut. Rafic Hariri was a Prime Minister here in Lebanon who was one of the main individuals who invested in the reconstruction of Beirut after the War. His motorcade was destroyed by a bomb outside of the St. George Hotel in 2005. In this area there are many memorials to this man.
The one below is in the middle of the street. If you look closely, they are Lebanese flags shaped to look like fire. This is where his motorcade was.
The hotel has this very large sign on it. It looks like they are trying to rebuild it again.
We started walking back to the Corniche and saw the man who makes orange juice there. We had been told that we needed to try it and so we did. It was tasty. It would have been better with ice but we have been warned about ice from the tap....
After that we decided we needed some lunch and had quite a treat!
YES! a little bit of America right here at the end of the Corniche. Hard Rock Cafe is maybe 5 blocks from our apartment! YAY!
The girls were really craving burgers and fries since we haven't had any since we left Washington. Of course, the waiter had no clue what root beer was....ah well!
Final note...Paul, do the nachos here look like all the other Hard Rock Cafe nachos you've had around the world?? It was a wonderful treat!
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Oh yes - Hard Rock Café nachos. Indigestion just like home available around the world. Yep - they look like the nachos in China, Taiwan, Everett, Paris, ...
ReplyDeleteHave a great first week of school! I'm certain you'll have stories to talk about. It's hard to believe that our awesome summer is coming to an end. God bless hamburgers from the Hard Rock Cafe! Yahoo!!!!
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