Lebanese dayz!

I actually came back from Lebanon three days ago..

The objective from this trip? Well I mentioned before that my dear big sis is getting married. She purchased her dress from there and it arrived to us by DHL. However, there were some small details that were needed to be fixed and to her sorrow we couldn’t find anyone in Riyadh who is able to fix the problem in a professional way because there were some risks. Therefore she arranged another trip with my dad and I got the chance to go with them :P. At first, we kept telling ourselves that this trip is strictly business and we must not allow Beirut to dazzle us and sweeps us off our feet >_<. This city is like magic! It forces you to enjoy every single bit of it until the end. Problem is that we only had three days, and we knew that with fear! . We arrived at 7 p.m, and we were staying at the Holiday Inn.

Love the Holiday inn!

My sister’s appointment with the designer was in the following day at 10 am. So what was the next rational thing to do? Movie time Of course! I always wanted to watch Avatar, and thankfully a 3D theater was available. Important note, NEVER EVER watch Avatar in a regular version. Not that it will not be amazing, but a 3D movie experience is much BETTER < We know duh! :/

My sis was not psyched to watch it at first. Plus, she always identified herself as a hater of science fiction films and I was aware of that fact. I assured her that it’s not the case and convinced her to enter it. My dad on the other hand was cool with watching anything as long as the movie has performed well in the American box office.

We were all Wowed! Honestly, can’t think of another word to describe what we felt. The storyline, the music, the acting. Everything was absolutely marvelous. However, as I said before, this movie is a “3D Cinema experience”, and its right would not be justified by a movie night in the living room, unless you have a Home movie Cinema, then the case might be different.

Afterwards, we went dining at a really small crowded yet classy restaurant called ‘Al Mayass’. The waiters were really nice and the food was great. However my only problem at the beginning was how hot the place is, afterwards I realized that I was the only person wearing a coat in the restaurant O_o. I struggled at the beginning... convincing myself that I look better with my yellow coat on, but in the end I was like "SCREW LOOKS!” and took it off. A waiter was right beside me and took my coat to hang it right away.

The food just was delicious, we ordered Hummus Ma Lahma, Batata harra, Armenian salad, Warak enab, rice and our main BEST dish 'Cherry Kebab' .. Yummy! . Later they asked us if we wanted any desserts however by that time we were full. My dad paid, the nice waiter helped me with my coat and then we exited the restaurant. Sure, I’ll return again if I ever had the chance.

The next day, and after we were done from my sister’s appointment, we had our hearts set on seeing some snow! After all it was winter time and the mountains were full it. My dad agreed and said that it’s time for us to see something new than the city. So we headed it off to the mountains. And it was just magnificent!

Pretty cool huh? BRRRRRRRRRR…

Afterwards we had lunch at a restaurant called ‘Babel’. It was a really classy place!, and we actually got the opportunity to see a one famous Lebanese singer ‘Wael Kfoury’ lunching there with some friends and we managed to say hi.. aIthough I actually dislike him! >_<

These are some of the events of my trip and I gotta say it was a really enjoyable one. Next Thursday I’ll be heading off to Qatar Insha’Allah. And hopefully once I'm back I'll be blogging about it without any delay. ;)
XOXO