Lebanon-Love

Hello my dears,

I have now arrived in Istanbul, but of course I still want to tell you about my days in Lebanon.

Unfortunately, I was sick until the end, so I didn't accomplish as much as I wanted to, but I still saw a lot.

On Wednesday, I went to Jeitta Grotto, a super beautiful cave in the mountains! The journey was not that difficult, but of course I missed my stop (I took a public mini-bus on the highway)! Hamoudi, the Syrian driver, was super nice and when I realized after half an hour that I had gone too far, he just turned the bus around :p We communicated with hands and feet and he was really nice, bought me water, invited me to sit in the front seat, and offered me cigarettes. Such a sweet guy!

At some point, I made it to the cave, where you are first taken by cable car to a higher point on the mountain to visit the upper cave. Unfortunately, taking photos was not allowed - I'll try to upload a Google image here. It was definitely super beautiful and impressive. We took a small boat tour through the lower cave, which was also great.

The next day, I took that amazing bus again and went to Jbeil aka. Byblos (the oldest continuously inhabited city). What can I say - I fell in love! Byblos was sooo beautiful, small streets in the old town, a cool old castle, Mediterranean plants and smells, the mountains on one side, the sea on the other side! Sooo great. I spent the whole day there and in the evening, I just packed my things in Beirut, the next day it went to ISTANBUL!

In conclusion, I can say that Lebanon is such a beautiful country, the people are super nice, although it is so small, there is a lot to discover, it is modern but still has a Middle Eastern flair, the food is of course great, and the Lebanese men are absolute eye-catchers and real gentlemen! Lllove it!

I will definitely come back as soon as possible, preferably in spring :p and then I'll marry a Lebanese and stay there - just kidding (or maybe not ;P)

Since yesterday, I have been in Istanbul, I have been on the go all the time and there is just so much to do, and spoiler alert: the city is amazing! More about that later - I only have 2 days left here, then it's off to Thailand!!

I will get in touch as soon as I can