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Beth and her Valentine's treats
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Robert & Rana with Access teachers after the workshop
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Edith next to where the Cardo Maximus ran in Roman times
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Looking towards Place d'Etoile
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Beirut belediya or city hall
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Al Omari mosque, converted from a Crusader church by the Mameluks
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Beirut's new souq district
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As the civil war left it...
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Yes, Forum is also online
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Talking about writing at Beirut Arab University
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After brunch on rue Sursock
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Phoenicians, Romans, and Crusaders have all been in Byblos (Jbail)
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Looking over the Roman colonaded road to the ancient Temple of Balaat Gebal
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Path to the King's Well where Isis is said to have wept when she came searching for Osiris in Byblos
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Which is more beautiful
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Looking north at the Crusader castle from near the King's Well
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Excavations have left this 19th c. house with little to stand on
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The theater with curiously small pediment decorations
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Byblos Festival takes place in this harbor
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Sarcophagus of 19th c. BC prince, Yp Shemu Abi
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Remarkably, there were already poppies in bloom
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Debris was removed during 19th century excavations by train
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Not all of the souq has been restored
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A quiet day in the Byblos souq
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Buying cumin
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Where I tasted delicious 'griffon'
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In front of the shop that smelled so good
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With the rector of Universite de S. Esprit Kaselik
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That triple ogive arch was very popular in the Levant
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Fish in Pierre's fossil shop
