At the heart of Beirut, resides Nejmeh Square. A chic historical space in the downtown district of the historical “Paris of the east”. We only had one truly full day to spend in Beirut, after spending a few days previously in Bcharre in the mountains northeast of the city. Because of our limited time and …
The Kadisha Valley and it’s most famous of villages Bcharre is what caught my eye when we first contemplated travel to Lebanon. Its picturesque landscape of rugged mountains, steep cliffs and gorges, and ancient sites seemed to call out. With a little extra convincing, I managed to get Briana to agree to a long route that …
I’m going to start off by telling you that we did not like Lebanese coffee. Excited At First After Vietnamese coffee being such a dream (we’d almost return just for the coffee- though there are plenty of other reasons as well) we were excited to try other regional coffees. We had read that Lebanese coffee …
Upon our arrival to our Airbnb in Beirut, our host introduced us to his father and sister, and offered us watermelon and coffee. When he took us inside of our little studio nearby he showed us that he had stocked the fridge with bread/pita, cheese, beer, juice, and pastries. Needless to say, we didn’t need …