(I forgot to post this last week... More to come about our (Zibby and me) trip to the mountains this weekend).
So, this weekend (the 10th and 11th) was pretty busy. Friday afternoon/evening I just hung out. I'm about halfway through Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens, so that's good. Saturday morning I went into Beirut to go to the National Museum. It is small but it's really nice. There are a lot of nice artifacts from different time periods like frescoes from Roman times (I think) and statues that look Egyptian but were found in ruins here in Lebanon. There was a lot of contact in the old days and so the art was influenced by Egyptian art and what have you. They also have some really nice ancient pottery and my personal favorites glass and gold. I can't explain it, but I love things that are made of glass that are 2000 years old. It's crazy. How did they make vases out of glass that long ago? It's nutty. And I really like old coins and stuff. They have some cool examples of silver and gold coins from different periods. Honestly, some of the artifacts that they have are so intricate, it really is unbelievable that they were made so long ago. Anyways, that was good . Then I went back to NDU and Saturday evening I went with couple of guys to Jbeil again. It was nice at night and we walked around and had dinner and then watched the losers match between Germany and Uruguay.
Sunday I studied a lot of Arabic then we watched the World Cup final on the big screens on campus.
Monday I had some extra work at work so I went in in the morning and then went to class later then went back to work. (I was basically transcribing the film that we showed the previous week.)
On Wednesday I went to a conference about Iraqi refugees in Beirut. I took a cab paid for by work, so that was pretty cool. Very official. But... after the hour ride to Beirut the guy dropped me off at Hotel Rotana. So I asked where is the conference about Iraqis? They told me this room. So I went to it and it was a conference about Iraqis. But the itinerary was totally different than the one I looked at. And this one was about security issues and how the security forces can deal with Iraqi refugees. The conference I was suppose to be at was about Iraqi Refugees and what UNHCR is doing to assist them. So, I realized I was at the wrong hotel and I asked, "Is this Hotel Rotana Hazmieh?" And of course he said "No, this is Hotel Rotana Hamra". Which is a different district in Beirut. So... I got another cab to the actual hotel and then it was all good. It was a really interesting conference and more apropos than the one I was not suppose to be at. But really, what are the odds that both hotels of the same name would be hosting conferences about Iraqis? Both sponsored by Embassies? Another girl who is a researcher with LERC was there too so that was good and we got to chat. (They had some good pastries at the conference too).
Anyways, I took a taxi home and then I met up with Zibby! (who had arrived at like 3:00 in the morning Wednesday) at the hotel near the campus.
So, this weekend (the 10th and 11th) was pretty busy. Friday afternoon/evening I just hung out. I'm about halfway through Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens, so that's good. Saturday morning I went into Beirut to go to the National Museum. It is small but it's really nice. There are a lot of nice artifacts from different time periods like frescoes from Roman times (I think) and statues that look Egyptian but were found in ruins here in Lebanon. There was a lot of contact in the old days and so the art was influenced by Egyptian art and what have you. They also have some really nice ancient pottery and my personal favorites glass and gold. I can't explain it, but I love things that are made of glass that are 2000 years old. It's crazy. How did they make vases out of glass that long ago? It's nutty. And I really like old coins and stuff. They have some cool examples of silver and gold coins from different periods. Honestly, some of the artifacts that they have are so intricate, it really is unbelievable that they were made so long ago. Anyways, that was good . Then I went back to NDU and Saturday evening I went with couple of guys to Jbeil again. It was nice at night and we walked around and had dinner and then watched the losers match between Germany and Uruguay.
Sunday I studied a lot of Arabic then we watched the World Cup final on the big screens on campus.
Monday I had some extra work at work so I went in in the morning and then went to class later then went back to work. (I was basically transcribing the film that we showed the previous week.)
On Wednesday I went to a conference about Iraqi refugees in Beirut. I took a cab paid for by work, so that was pretty cool. Very official. But... after the hour ride to Beirut the guy dropped me off at Hotel Rotana. So I asked where is the conference about Iraqis? They told me this room. So I went to it and it was a conference about Iraqis. But the itinerary was totally different than the one I looked at. And this one was about security issues and how the security forces can deal with Iraqi refugees. The conference I was suppose to be at was about Iraqi Refugees and what UNHCR is doing to assist them. So, I realized I was at the wrong hotel and I asked, "Is this Hotel Rotana Hazmieh?" And of course he said "No, this is Hotel Rotana Hamra". Which is a different district in Beirut. So... I got another cab to the actual hotel and then it was all good. It was a really interesting conference and more apropos than the one I was not suppose to be at. But really, what are the odds that both hotels of the same name would be hosting conferences about Iraqis? Both sponsored by Embassies? Another girl who is a researcher with LERC was there too so that was good and we got to chat. (They had some good pastries at the conference too).
Anyways, I took a taxi home and then I met up with Zibby! (who had arrived at like 3:00 in the morning Wednesday) at the hotel near the campus.
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