Heading Down South
Today there will be two competing demonstrations (called "manifestations" here): one to say "yea government", the other to say "nay government". "Why today?", you might ask. Well it is the second anniversary of the murder of Rafiq al-Hariri (and yes, I just linked to Al Jazeera – Fox News eat your heart out). But no fear, Dave and I are located just outside of Beirut, and are no where near the "manifestations." Also, we're headed out of town today to go to south Lebanon. It will be good to get out of the city and see some of the countryside. Unfortunately, we won't be headed through Qana (biblically, Cana). I was really hoping to have a glass of wine there. A close second might be having a glass of wine in Baalbek, the location of a temple to Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.
Due to my travels, I don't think that I'll be able to update the blog until at least tomorrow evening here (noon-ish on Thursday for y'all). But please stay tuned …