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Bloggin' Beirut: October 2006
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A blog by someone new to blogging, set in Beirut, by someone new to Beirut. Wednesday, October 25, 2006. Riders on (and after) the storm. I actually think these titles up myself, you know. No flicking through a punning website for me. So what else is new? The training for the 10K continues apace (literally! Posted by Fiona at 7:07 PM. Sunday, October 08, 2006. Pictures from the South. And here are some pictures. The first one below is rather dusty, but shows the bridge with destroyed vehicles. We set off...
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Bloggin' Beirut: September 2006
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A blog by someone new to blogging, set in Beirut, by someone new to Beirut. Thursday, September 28, 2006. Hurrah, I am back! It's really good to be back again - the weather is perfect and there have been some really clear days and great views up to the hills above the city. In terms of life in the city, things have really gone back to how they were before the war - even more so in some cases - an example follows:. They had already all been taken! Posted by Fiona at 3:12 PM. Sunday, September 17, 2006.
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Bloggin' Beirut: April 2006
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A blog by someone new to blogging, set in Beirut, by someone new to Beirut. Friday, April 28, 2006. Dom singing and the sea castle at Sidon. Posted by Fiona at 9:36 PM. What a Couple of Weeks it's Been - Part Deux. Anyway, next post will see a couple of photos - one of Dom singing karaoke to celebrate turning 40 and a suitably nice one of Syria. Posted by Fiona at 9:30 PM. Sunday, April 16, 2006. What a Couple of Weeks it's been! Posted by Fiona at 6:50 PM. View my complete profile. The tension is rising.
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Bloggin' Beirut: February 2006
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A blog by someone new to blogging, set in Beirut, by someone new to Beirut. Sunday, February 26, 2006. Siobhan and Dom are at the bottom of the first picture! Posted by Fiona at 9:06 PM. Before I moved out to Beirut I thought about the sort of jobs I might like to do while I was here. One job I thought might be fun was being a tour guide. I'd learn a bit of history, learn a bit of Arabic et voila! I would be a fully fledged tour guide! Posted by Fiona at 8:31 PM. Friday, February 17, 2006. So there you h...
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Bloggin' Beirut: January 2006
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A blog by someone new to blogging, set in Beirut, by someone new to Beirut. Tuesday, January 31, 2006. Bourj Hammoud is home to around 200,000 Armenians. They arrived in Beirut in the early 20th century, after they were displaced by the genocide committed against them by the Ottoman Empire. The area is known for having lots of jewellery, clothes and food shops with a stongly Armenian theme, as you would imagine! Posted by Fiona at 9:02 PM. Friday, January 27, 2006. I think it is fair to say that I wouldn...
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Bloggin' Beirut: May 2006
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A blog by someone new to blogging, set in Beirut, by someone new to Beirut. Wednesday, May 17, 2006. Attached are photos of the Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, the Baghdad Cafe on the way to Palmyra, Palmyra itself and the house shaped as a plane. Posted by Fiona at 10:06 PM. In Praise of European Directives - and Time Out of Beirut. Liv and Charlotte visited me a couple of weeks ago and we had a great time in and out of Beirut. In fact, they walked round a lot of Beirut too! We then went to a strange town w...
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Bloggin' Beirut: July 2006
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A blog by someone new to blogging, set in Beirut, by someone new to Beirut. Monday, July 31, 2006. Under Siege XVII - guest writer (part 2). Spent much of the morning driving around Beirut trying to find a meeting which I was told was in one place but turned out to be in a hilltop residence about 30 mins north of Beirut. By the time I got there the meeting was wrapping up. That really annoyed me! We are both getting a bit sick of, yet compulsively addicted to the news. This whole moral outrage over t...
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Bloggin' Beirut: August 2006
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A blog by someone new to blogging, set in Beirut, by someone new to Beirut. Saturday, August 26, 2006. Summer in the City. Is not really happening. As soon as we returned the weather turned cold, cloudy and rainy. I was not too bothered for a while as I quite like the cold - but now it is getting a little wearing. I will leave you with this story on the wine harvest. Lebanese wine is fabulous and there were fears that this year's harvest was completely ruined. However, some appears to have been s...Seein...
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Bloggin' Beirut: March 2006
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A blog by someone new to blogging, set in Beirut, by someone new to Beirut. Thursday, March 30, 2006. Lebanon makes the news! Now the ski season has finished, the Grauniad has seen fit to publish an article on its website. Slightly exaggerates the queuing times, but a positive piece nonetheless! Http:/ travel.guardian.co.uk/activities/wintersports/story/0, 1743124,00.html. Posted by Fiona at 7:05 PM. Sunday, March 26, 2006. Just an ordinary day.(s). So hopefully next week I will have more to report on.
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