I love going to the seaside, especially at this time of year. Last Sunday, Anthony, his sister, and myself hit off to Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast, for the day. It was really warm and sunny, which although not ideal for my most favourite seaside activity of cloud photograph-taking, greatly improved the mood of the party, and contributed to the general joviality of the outing (I've just read back over this and it sounds a bit like something out of a Jane Austen novel; how wonderful!).
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Like everywhere on the Mediterranean, Beirut really comes alive in the evenings, when the extreme heat of the day has given way to a nice, mellow warmth. People tend to congregate along the waterfront, to stroll, chat, eat, and other people-watch, and there is an extraordinary night-time cafe culture throughout the city. On our last night before flying back to the UK we went for dinner at a restaurant just beside the sea; we were sitting outside and were treated to the most spectacular sunset (and some wonderful food), which of course necessitated frantic photograph-taking on my part. Yesterday when I was posting my pictures for my little piece on Jordan & Lebanon I couldn't choose between all the different sunset photos (it's like picking a favourite child; don't ask me to do that - what is wrong with you?!), so I thought I'd just put a selection of them up here, in a separate post.
I hope you like them! I've recently returned from my very first trip to the Middle East, which took in the countries of Jordan and Lebanon, and several days later, I'm still attempting to process the experience.
The Middle East is such an interesting and culturally rich part of the world, of which we simultaneously know so much and so little. We are being constantly presented with images and news stories focusing on this region, so that on the one hand it all seems incredibly familiar, yet at the same time it really is utterly foreign to us Westerners. I'm surprised at how deeply my visit affected me, and how it has changed my outlook on the world/life (that sounds very dramatic but I'm being serious) - I had quite strong preconceptions that were completely shattered and I feel like I have received a wonderful education. Everywhere we went people were lovely and helpful to us, the food was universally amazing, and the scenery/history is as stunning and profound as you would imagine - I won't go into too much detail regarding the places we visited and so on (I have a tendency to lose the run of myself when describing my travels), but I've put little captions and titles to the photographs below to identify the location. Enjoy! |
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