Food, Drinks, and the Beach: The Elements of Tyr

Oh hi! I figured it was time for another Lebanon update, so after waiting an hour for 16 pictures to upload (#lebanoninternet) I'm ready to write. Slash share pictures; I'm too lazy to write that much.

Sour/Tyr has been wonderfully relaxing. We've gone to the beach a few times, but we've mostly cooked up a storm and made lots of cocktails. I still need to work on my tan, though.

One of the first days I was here, Dany and I went to this café called Costa and decided to bring a little something with us to add to our drinks. Who says you can't get alcohol in Tyr?

Notice we're using a drug and alcohol prevention bottle.

It happens.

Yeah.

Another day, Amal (Dany's mom) made us mloukhieh! We spent so much time that morning peeling the freaking garlic and cutting cilantro. I never want to peel garlic again. But it was worth it, because the mloukhieh was absolutely delicious! Hopefully I can learn how to make it adequately.

Mloukhieh looks like a swamp, but I swear, it's delicious.

That night, I think we made falafel. And cocktails (obvi). May have been a different night, but whatever, it's summer. Days don't really matter. But I got to use a legitimate falafel-molding tool!

The other day we were so bored that we decided to make cocktails and then make a dessert. It wasn't great, but it looked good. Also most food tastes better after you've had a bit of alcohol, no?

We had maqloubeh too! I have to learn how to make it. It was delicious!

Suzan (Dany's cousin) made us pasta one night too. I pretended to help her cook :D

I took a bunch of pictures of the sunset too, but here are the ones I like best :)

On Saturday night, we crashed a wedding. My first time crashing a wedding, and my first time attending a Lebanese wedding. It was.....interesting, to say the least. I decided that the majority of the music belonged in Mulan.

Notice the sword used to cut the cake.

I even did dabke! It was fun. I failed at it, though. I'm good at walking in 5-inch heels, but not good enough to dance in them! We looked super classy though (we always do).

And lastly, a couple of beach pictures :)

You can clearly see how tan I am -______- I think I'm the only person who will have gone to Lebanon for nearly 7 weeks and come back still pale.

Anyway, I'm gonna watch Community now. I can't believe I'll be home in 2.5 weeks! I really can't believe I've been here for 4 weeks. I love it here, but I'm excited to go home too. But it'll be great to see my family--they get here on Saturday! (I do miss my arghile though--none here can compare to the one Grandpa passed down to me). But for now, I will enjoy the breeze coming through the door and watch an episode of Community before lunch.

Song of the Day-- Politik by Coldplay. I've been playing it a lot on the piano recently, and I even taught Dany the first part! So proud.
Recovery Quote of the Day-- "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars." -Khalil Gibran

Breezily,
Carina