{"id":498,"date":"2012-03-04T13:22:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T13:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=498"},"modified":"2014-04-21T14:23:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T14:23:26","slug":"traveling-around-lebanon-the-life-of-an-international-school-teacher-is-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/traveling-around-lebanon-the-life-of-an-international-school-teacher-is-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Around: Lebanon (The life of an international school teacher is good!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Traveling Around: Lebanon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can you relate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Enjoying the gentle breeze of the Mediterranean Sea.
\n\u2022 Taking in the sunlight and warmth while escaping the winter coldness of Northern Europe.
\n\u2022 Being amazed of the history of Beirut, with its 1000s of years of oppression.
\n\u2022 Going on a day tour with small group of people from all over the world: Venezuela, U.K., Romania, Lebanon, USA, and UAE.\u00a0 Great conversations.
\n\u2022 Checking out very old art (e.g. mosaics) and being in awe of the detail and history of each piece.
\n\u2022 Driving through the mountains and enjoying the excellent views of banana tree groves, the sea and just nature in general.
\n\u2022 Noticing the different ways that the Lebanese culture make bread designs. There was a popular purse-shaped bread on all the streets in Beirut.
\n\u2022 Observing the Lebanese men walking around in their underwear instead of wearing a Speedo or another kind of bathing suit.
\n\u2022 Being surprised to hear shouts from the military officers (with large guns) when I tried to take pictures nearby them.
\n\u2022 Taking in the history of the buildings in downtown Beirut; the newly constructed ones, the renovated ones, and the old ones that still have signs of war wreckage on them.
\n\u2022 Walking around the antique district and finally deciding to purchase some old tiles to put around my flat. I think I haggled well!
\n\u2022 Getting into a taxi car with a man who only spoke Lebanese Arabic and being taken for an extra long ride in the wrong direction.
\n\u2022 Walking around and exploring Jounieh, getting into neighborhoods where there weren\u2019t any stores around and observing how the people live.
\n\u2022 Checking out all the Lebanese grocery stores to see which products that they had
\n\u2022 Eating at very good and tasty restaurants; getting treated very well with many restaurants giving me a complimentary dish\/appetizer.
\n\u2022 Going to a felafel stand and trying to figure out the system to buy one without knowing the correct lingo and procedure to use.
\n\u2022 Experiencing rain, sleet, snow, hail, fog, sun, clouds, etc. all in the span on 1 hour while walking around the top of a nearby mountain.<\/div>\n

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\nCurrently we have five international schools listed in Lebanon on International School Community. They are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 American Community School at Beirut<\/a> (16 Comments)<\/p>\n

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\u2022 International College Beirut<\/a> (0 Comments)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Beirut International School<\/a> (0 Comments)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wellspring Learning Community<\/a> (7 Comments)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Adma International School<\/a> (0 Comments)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If you are on a trip right now, away from your host country, write to us at\u00a0admin@internationalschoolcommunity.com<\/a>\u00a0with your “Can you relate?” traveling experiences.\u00a0 Tell us where you are traveling in the world, what you are seeing and how you are coping with any culture shock.\u00a0 Once your Traveling Around\u00a0experience is posted on our blog, International School Community will give\u00a06 free months of premium membership<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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