Mountains, Cedars and Arak

Last weekend was awesome not only for all the time spent hanging out in cafes and playing backgammon, but for a great overnight trip Laine and I took with Josh and Zeina up to the mountains in Northern Lebanon.

We ended up staying in a guesthouse overlooking a small mountain village tucked among the hills.  We enjoyed an awesome breakfast, with homemade yogurt, olives, preserves and fresh vegetables from the owner's garden.  We also got to try his Arak, the traditional liquor.  Pretty good, despite trying it at 10am...  

Afterwards we went up and checked out the famous Lebanese cedars, then drove back down to the coast and had an awesome dinner at a cool little seafood restaurant overlooking the sea.  Not a bad weekend trip...