Spring Break - Part 2

More things to blog about during our Spring Break!

We finally went for a walk to Gemmayze which is a ways away from Ein el Mreissieh (the neighborhood where we live) but still within walking distance.  We were in search for some items to repair a bike that Janna got as a gift but needed some work.  I guess the night life in Gemmayze can be pretty busy but we were there during the day.

A small cafe. 

Rue Gouraud. The main street.

I thought these stairs looked pretty neat. You can see stairs like this in many areas around Beirut.

After we got what we needed for Janna's bike we went in search of a burger shop that supposedly has the best burgers and shakes in Beirut.  While we didn't find it. We found this Mexican, yes, Mexican restaurant that had just opened 4 days ago.  The food was quite good and very reasonably priced! They gave us a bunch of freebies as well including some chips, cheviche and gazpacho since we were the only ones there at the time.

Morenito is the name of the place. The building is really cool.

Delaney liked her chicken tacos.

Janna liked her food as well.

We also dyed Easter eggs with our friends Dillon and Brittany. (Paul and Jill, we knew you were there in spirit!)

We also had the Easter bunny come and see us.  The search for candy eggs was on!

Notice the ones on top of the stove range...they didn't see those for a long time.

Searching behind the DVDs

They even found a few on the balcony....sneaky little bunny!

We also rented some bikes and went for a ride on the Corniche. It was 91 degrees but there was a nice breeze and it wasn't too crowded.

This is a shop around the corner from our apartment. They rent bikes by the hour.

Tim leading the way.

Delaney's friend Maysoun joined us as well.

Here's the whole group. I walked. I wasn't in the mood to ride a bike because I usually crash......

As some of you know, they are in the process of building across the street from us.  First, they had to take down the house that was there. Sadly, they plan on taking out the trees and plants as well. Here are some pictures of the process.

Here is the house after they removed the power lines and the tile roof.

This was quite noisy.

As was this.

This is what it looked like before we left for Batroun (see next blog post)

When we returned from Batroun three days later everything was gone.

So, obviously we will be doing one more spring break post about going to Batroun.  Stay tuned!