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Finding seafood on the Corniche

The Corniche is a seaside promenade in Beirut. We went there last Sunday just to see if we could find any seafood restaurants. And we did! This is from a restaurant called Le Pecheur, The fisherman.

Some snacks and a beer while waiting for the order

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Restaurants in Achrafieh

There are many nice restaurants and bars in our neighborhood. Yesterday we tried Bread Republic, which is also a bakery providing fresh bread every morning.

Bread republic, located in an old building in Tabaris area.
Ready for dinner!
This is our street.

 

Home made Merguez and Hash Brown

 

 

At the restaurant across the street, The Beirut Cellar, the night we arrived.

Makanek, Lebanese sausages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday night at Bab Sharqi, a Syrian restaurant in the neighborhood

Grilled lamb and red wine from Beqaa valley

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Beirut buildings

Achrafieh

Tabaris

 

Beatufully restored buildings in Achrafieh

 

Sursock area

A building at Mar Nkoula from Saint Nicholas stairs
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Mar Mikhael

A mixture of old and new

Downtown

Mosque of Mohammed Amin and Saint Georges Maronite Cathedral
Martyrs Statue
Hotel Holiday Inn was opened in 1974 but became a war zone in the Lebanese Cilvil War from 1975 and is today a ruin
Saint Georges hotel was built in the late 1920s. It was damaged during the Lebanese civil war and was under restoration when it was seriously damaged again in the blast that killed Rafik Hariri in 2005.