Blogs from Beirut, Lebanon, Middle East - page 6

Hicran Çiğdem Yorgancıoğlu ‘nun Lübnan Beyrut devr-i Alem Hicri Alem Hicran Çiğdem Seyahatnamesi’nden ..seyahat notlarından sadece bir bölümünden alıntılardır . Her hakkı saklıdır .. / Eserin tüm telif hakları H.Çiğdem Yorgancıoğlu’na aittir . Eserin izinsiz kopyalanması çoğaltımı ,yayını ,dağıtımı halinde 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunun hükümleri geçerli olacaktır. BEYRUT LÜBNAN MAVİ FÜRUZE Al Hamra kırmızısı bir mavi firuzeyim . Ben biz siz henüz çokken ,gözümü dahi kırpmazken ve kirpiklerim bir ok ken ; Sehrin üzerine inen bulutların eteğimde fisto olmadığına ve üzerine gül açtırmaya kıyamadığım şehrin solmadığına inandır beni ben yok ken. Eyjafjallajökul ve küller İstanbul ‘a etki etmedi . Yıllardır sönmeyen alevim seyahat serüvenimin yollarımı kapatmadı küller. Her dem yer ile göğün birleşim noktasında bir yeniye yolculuk vakti. Üç kere yanağından öptü... read more

When i was young i lived on a council estate.. If your house or block was bad they said it looked like Beirut. That was not meant to be a compliment. But it was a sign of the times in the 80's for both me and Beirut. To reverse that slander i had to write and tell the world that it is worth every accolade you could find, it truly is a city of contrasts. First of all everyone has invaded. So it has a proud history of survival and it has borrowed and adopted a little of each of its visitors.. I can give you a history lesson but Greeks to Venetians to Romans to Persians to crusaders to Arabs to the Syrians and north Africans it has seen them all, even the French up ... read more

YUMMMM!!!!! This is one of my favorite casual lebanese restaurants in Beirut. This particular place attracts crowds of all ages, and is known for its tasty food, friendly ambiance and not-so-expensive lebanese food! I have rarely passed by this place, at any time or any season and seen it not busy! Actually, a lot of times, they ask you to wait around for them to find you a table to seat you...but its definitely worth it :) The restaurant is designed like an old lebanese house..they have wooden panels in the walls, old photographs on the walls, rustique ceramic tiles on the ground..even the bathrooms are nice to check out!! All in all, this place has it all! Delicious inexpensive lebanese food, friendly waiters and good shisha :) Favorite dish? Ooohh! That's a hard question..but make ... read more

Beirut Well, where to start? We arrived in Beirut on Sunday night, dropped our bags off at Fouad's flat and immediately went out to a bar and had a lock in with his friends and the bar owners. In fact we've done that several times this week at a couple of other bars too, Fouad seems to know everyone! Or rather, everyone seems to know everyone. But it's been really fun and Lebanese people are all very friendly and chatty and want to know where we're from and what we are doing here and have we been to this place or that place oh and by the way have you met so-and-so come on I'll introduce you... We spent a couple of days dotting around Lebanon in a hired car (Fouad drove, I'm really not up ... read more

Our first stop in Lebanon was in Baalbek, where we saw what was claimed as the largest rock in the world. The guide said that this was not true but it was still in the top 3 largest rocks. We then went to some ruins which were pretty cool. The guide did share a lot of really confusing facts with us, which at this point I can’t remember any to share with you. We then had lunch at this café that over looked the ruins. I thought the food was really good. We had fish that came out with their heads still on so I had to have someone remove the head of my fish before it came on my plate. From Baalbek we drove over the Lebanon mountain range into Beirut. The drive was beautiful, ... read more