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Irishman in the Middle East
Weekly Photo Challenge – Repurpose
Posted on January 28, 2017
The community cafe in the local village back home was formerly one of the village pubs. Now serving an altogether different purpose!
Darkness
Posted on January 28, 2017
In one of MB’s past lives, he was a football coach to adult and underage teams in his HX homeland. MB regularly bumps into former players on trips home, who were young kids back in the day, but who are now young adults. Some even buy him a beer occasionally in gratitude, when they meet him in some local pub, and always nice to receive of course (the gratitude more than the beer, needless to say). But it’s not such sentiments that brings MB to this particular post on mental health issues. Read More
Weekly Photo Challenge – Graceful
Posted on January 20, 2017
Top sports people always look graceful. They make their sport look easy.
MB gives you a shot of Novak Djokovic at the recent Qatar Tennis Open.
A Lebanese Wedding – Faces & Fashion
Posted on January 16, 2017
Last post on the Lebanese Wedding! Read More
A Lebanese Wedding – Arrival at the Party
Posted on January 14, 2017
The wedding party venue was formerly know as Nahr El Kalb (as mentioned in a post of yesterday), but it’s now called ‘The Legend Venue’. It sits in a valley of the river Kalb (The Dog River) and is only a few hundred meters from Lebanon’s Coastal Highway, not far from the town of Jounieh.
MB captured some shots on his arrival to give followers a flavour:
Weekly Photo Challenge – Ambience
Posted on January 13, 2017
Most of MB’s recent posts relate to his end December Lebanese wedding experience. And for this week’s photo theme of ‘ambience’, he, of course, needs look no further that the wedding party venue of said wedding. The venue was previously called Nahr El Kalb in Arabic (meaning ‘The Dog River’), but is now called the less mystical ‘The Legend Venue’. It sits in a spectacular small river valley setting, and has a very spectacular entrance lobby which leads visitors into the spectacular dining hall area when any Irish guy attending blurts out WOW! Ambience!!! Read More
A Lebanese Wedding – Inside the church
Posted on January 12, 2017
MB has already given followers two deadly previous posts on his Lebanese wedding experience: A Lebanese Wedding and A Lebanese Wedding – Outside the Church. He now gives followers post Nr 3 – Inside the Church. Read More
A Lebanese Wedding – Outside the church
Posted on January 11, 2017
MB has already informed followers of his adventure to Lebanon just before new year for A Lebanese Wedding. The Lebanese public has gone totally bonkers over the story of MB’s trip, and the number of hits on his wedding post is now rivalling Adele’s numbers on YouTube. Seriously!
Orthodox Christmas Day
Posted on January 7, 2017
Today, 07 January 2017, is Christmas Day for Orthodox Christians. There are many in the Middle East. Happy Christmas to all.
Weekly Photo Challenge – Names
Posted on January 6, 2017
Alida Margaretha Bosshardt (8 June 1913 – 25 June 2007), better known as Major Bosshardt, was a well-known officer in The Salvation Army who was famous for her work with prostitutes in Amsterdam’s Red Light District over many years. One of the bridges over the canals in the district is dedicated to her memory to this day.
Recent early morning photo by MB, who was there for photo reasons, rather than any other!
Weekly Photo Challenge – Resilient
Posted on January 1, 2017
The Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand – If something is standing for almost 1,000 years then it’s pretty safe to describe it as resilient. See MB’s previous post of today for more on Balamand Monastery.
A Lebanese Wedding
Posted on January 1, 2017
If you want to go to a real wedding dear HX followers, MB suggests that you make friends with some younger Lebanese people and get yourself invited to one of their awesomely spectacular weddings! Read More
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