Spring Break #3 - Our Trip to Batroun

On Monday, we hired a taxi to take us about an hour north to a sleepy little town on the coast called Batroun. This town dates back to the Phoenicians.

Here is a quick map to give you an idea of where it is in comparison to Beirut.

Here are some pictures of our first day there.  It was VERY windy!

This was the view from our room on the top floor. They hadn't filled the pool yet but there was still the beach.

We had two different rooms and this was the wallpaper on the girl's room wall....YOU CAN BOOGIE!!

There was a public beach right next to us and this is where this sail surfer (as they call them here) launched from. He was moving really fast!

The windy weather didn't stop the girls from playing in the waves.

Or the sand....

It was a beautiful day.

Here is a view of the houses and the public beach next door.

Tim and I walked out to the point. That is our hotel behind him.

This was the son of the sail surfer. He and his mom walked over to our beach. Apparently he has a thing for older girls.(That's what his mom said.) He followed Delaney and Janna until we went into the hotel. He was very cute at 2 1/2 year old.

As we walked into town a we saw an empty house with a walled in area with a ton of bunnies. Not sure if they were pets (if you know what I mean).

There were also turtles with the bunnies.

Across the street from the place we ate there were preparing for a wedding. We were impress with this balloon sculpture.

Here are some pictures of day two. It was much warmer and we went for a walk through the town in the morning.

We found St. Steven Church right next to the water.  It also looked like it had a school as well. St. Steven is on the top of the building. It was really hard to take a picture of because the sun was right behind him when we were there. 

We then went in search of the Phoenician Wall along the water. We thought we had found it when we went around a corner and found this cool house on the water.

We did find this small church called "Our Lady of the Sea". 

This was the view from the church and the Phoenician Wall along the water.

This is the other side of the church where Tim got the picture above.

It's hard to believe that this wall has been here for over 2500 years and was 225 meters long!

As we were walking back we saw this store sign....doesn't look like the Al Paccino I know!

We saw this neat statue of a deep sea diver on our way back to the hotel. Shows a little bit of the history of this area.

Of course, that was just the morning. The rest of our day was quite relaxing.

There was swimming.

There were these very territorial and quick crabs on the beach as well. They were fun to watch. 

These two were very protective of their space.

 We went and had a late lunch and then Janna wanted to see the sunset so we went out to the point and waited.

Delaney found a good spot. 

Janna was being very thoughtful.

The only picture Tim didn't take that evening.

Still waiting.....

This was worth the wait though....

After the sun set we went up to our room. This was the view.

We did get hungry so we called room service and got some hummus, labneh, feta cheese, veggies and bread. There was so much Tim and I ate some for breakfast!

On the last day, we went swimming again and Delaney and Janna made this sandcastle. Overall, we had a very nice and relaxing trip!