Is this gorgeous or what? American University of Beirut (AUB) reminds me of UC Santa Barbara because it is located by the sea. However, the hills and the old architechture reminds me of UCLA. It is quite a workout trying to make it up thos hills. Feel the burn!

A Lebanese sunset... sigh

Pretty builidng! Going to school here must be really difficult when you can see the sea from the window.

I think this is a dorm.

This is the Nicolas Sursock Museum. Located in Achrafieh it had an exhibit of French posters, which I saw yesterday. However, on the day that I took this picture the place was closed. Places here close are random hours. For example, people usually go to Museums on the weekend or on holidays when they have time. Nevertheless, this museum closes in the early afternoon on weekends and it is closed on holidays. How do I know this information? I tried going twice and succeeded on the third attempt.

Statue is located directly in front of the Museum. The girl hugging the statue looks really familiar. Wonder who she is?

This is a poster of Rafiq Hariri and his son Saad Hariri. I was talking to a taxi driver the other day and he told me a little theory about the Hariris. He said Saad doesn’t really look like his father nor does he look Lebanese for that fact. There have been rumors that his mother had a little affair with one of the Saudi princes. However, this is only a rumor poor guy is accused of being Saudi because of course he was raised there and you can’t get away not being affected and shaped by the country and society you were raised in. Taxi suggested that a DNA test be done in order to ensure that he was really Lebanese, especially since he will probably be running the country in a few months.

It took a lot of effort on my part to get this picture. Do you people have any idea how many soldiers I asked to take pictures with? At least 6 however they refused with the excuse that they were on duty. When I approached the guy in the picture he smiled and said yes. “Vite, vite…(French)” Of course if I hurried so no one would see. Although, as soon as I begin to pose for the pictures I see another soldier approach us. It was the soldier that I had asked before, walked over smiling (yes the one that refused to be in the pictures), and told me to hurry.

Pictures taken May 29th. The day of elections in Beirut.