A video from Beirut: while I keep writing…

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A video from Beirut: while I keep writing…

I know that a lot of people are waiting for my first post about Beirut, but I'm still writing… To keep you amused in the meantime, below is another video I filmed during my visit. It was taken at La Plage, a rather chic bar / restaurant on the Corniche, on my second day in Beirut. The guy who's speaking is Hans Jaap Melissen, a reporter for Dutch Radio who clearly has a fabulous sense of humour. He's the one who took us to La Plage; as we entered and I took it all in – the waterfront location, the beautiful people, the sunset and the luxurious setting, I said jokingly, “Wow, Hans, the life of a war reporter is really tough, huh?” You'll see his tongue-in-cheek response in the video.

La Plage
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(speechless with non-specific envy)

1. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Just thought you should know that Al-Manar ran an angry report about your trip to Beirut, saying it was a breach of Lebanese security etc. I'd avoid visiting that country anytime soon (:

2. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Haha. That was pretty amusing (I notice the looking around before saying “Israel”).
Funny, I can't tell you how many summer days I've spent on those same rocky beaches, and in those same seafront cafes on the corniche (La Plage itself didn't exist in the 80s, though) playing cards, drinking coffee and doing the things teenagers do (or at least, what we used to do in those days). Hehehe..

3. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
ah, the dutch sense of humour. it kind of reminds of the Italian passion for punctuality and order, our (the irish) national repugnance for alcohol etc. etc….

4. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Aw, Eamonn… You weren't amused, huh?

5. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Oh and listening to him reminds me of the way we joke between each other – very similar.
One example would go like this (after a car bomb blast or sthg bw 2 Leb colleagues from different religions):
- Aloooo, so you heard?
- Yeah!
- Heh, so it's in your area this time dude.
- Yeah yeah! (trying to ignore the convo as much as possible)
- Eh get a taste of it dude. Enno you want us to take the load of the entire shit going on? We're all Lebs, it's good to share the good as well as the bad, don't you think? (cheekingly)
- Yeah yeah.
Well, if you don't laugh it off sometimes, I wonder how one would last …

6. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
hey – I recognize the style of truly professional Beit-Cafe customers trained in Tel-Aviv

7. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Hurry up and post something new, Lisa! The audience awaits!

8. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
and I say that the woman takes all the time she feels she needs….

9. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Your feed's not working, at least on my Netvibes reader.

10. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Are you still in Beirut??? I've just seen you on Channel 10!!!

11. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
For those of us who didn't catch that. What was the context? TV story?

12. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Here It's better then nothing, i think….

13. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Help help!
The link blablabla.il doesn't open here, obviously because of the *il* …

14. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Try this – no “”il's” here

15. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Been reading your blog for about a year now.
Great work.
I was listening to Ilana Dayan this morning on the radio on my way to work. She sayed that she will talk to you about your visit to Lebanon.
I waited in the parking lot for 15 minutes after getting to work just to hear you, but you weren't there …

16. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Beautiful videos, What kind of video camera did you use?

17. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Guys.The voice quality is not optimal and I couldn't hear what he said after:Do u wanna know the name of the country…….what was the rest of the sentence?

18. Anonymous
on December 31st, 1969 at 6:59 pm