As Time Goes By

Realised to my horror today that it has been 'some time' since I last provided an update to life in Beirut. Then realised to my relief that it was because not much has happened. Lebanon is back in the news - 6 Ministers have now resigned from the government (or 7 if you count a Minister who resigned a few months ago - but they replaced him with an acting Minister) and it's all getting a little tense politically. In terms of the mood on the street, people are jittery, but jittery without much action - there is always the threat of street protests (mainly sit-ins by Hezbollah and the Aoun supporters) but although I had a very vivid dream that this happened last night - it has not yet come to pass. So no branching into sooth-saying when I go freelance then.

I'm still at Time Out Beirut - although I am really looking forward to stopping and continuing my career break. We're off to the launch party tonight - free drinks for an hour and then a DJ playing 'commercial' music...

Other than that I have been partying, working, studying Arabic verbs (really difficult!) and training for the 10k. It's less than two weeks away and I am finding it HARD! The route is all marked out now though and it's running through the more picturesque parts of town - the Corniche and Gemmayzeh so if there are any pictures posted people will see the best of Beirut - better than the images of destruction which are now lodged in people's minds again.

Keep your fingers crossed that the resignations don't increase - and that any protests are peaceful.