MAR MIKHAEL

We are staying and a fun and rather larger airB&B right in the middle of the Mar Mikhael region of Beirut.  I would compare it to being on Capitol Hill in Seattle....kind of a laid back funky area with lots of little mom and pop stores, art galleries, small bars and restaurants. It’s also a bit noisy, especially at night when the young crowd comes to party. So far this has been a nightly occurrence, but we are all enjoying the liveliness of the street and people watching.  Earplugs when we go to bed. Yesterday after a late rise, the newly arrived cousins decided to walk to a place and have breakfast and mosey around. I joined them later and we explored some art galleries, and great places for photo. After a short rest, we hoofed it to downtown Beirut and went on a shopping spree. Downtown Beirut is beautiful with old and new, and lots of banks, and upscale stores. We walked to the souks, which is a mall, to us. Since Suzy still hasn’t made contact with her luggage...she was needing some new duds. We all bought clothes at ZARA, and the wandered around some more. Somehow I got separated and could not find the others. After about 45min of waiting and missing them, I grabbed a cab and came back to our place. Enjoyed wine time and people watching on our deck, and pretty soon the other three arrived.
Later we walked to ENAB, a Lebanese restaurant, and enjoyed a selection of mezze sitting outside under the trees.  The trees also had a naughty bird who dropped his load on Suzy’s nice linen top....TWICE! Julie said that was supposed to be good luck.....but twice? IDK! Walking back we had dodge an ever growing crowd of evening partiers.....but it was a fun evening and I am so glad they are all here...and tomorrow we finally going to take our walking tour of BEIRUT that we had to postpone because of the late arrivals.