The latest one isn't really a risk...It was a unplanned trip to Beirut, Lebanon...and only after I booked the tickets, I found out that there was civil unrest and turmoil in the country...Cancel? Rebook? Go somewhere else? Nah! I mean really. I'm a trained killer. I eat 7.62mm for breakfast...not really. (I was really a cook in the military for guys that didn't know...) Yet, I was convinced that it really isn't so bad...by a Canadian at that...
So we went. And I haven't felt this good about life in very long time. Don't take this the wrong way, I LOVE life. Every part of it. But after a week in a foreign country and snowboarding...I feel like I've grounded myself, and am at one with myself again. I guess vacations are good for the soul...need to take my own advice more... So this blog will be about Lebanon...because my memory is HORRIBLE, and if I don't write it down, I'll forget it...
I was going to crowd this post with pictures, but then decided against it. If you wanna see pictures with captions, it'll be on my facebook... But I will put one picture in...
This was taken at the top of the mountain. We stayed at the Faraya Mzaar mountains in nice hotel called the "Chateau D'Eau" hotel, about 10 minutes from the slopes. The snow was pretty damn good in a lot of places with plenty of ice patches that found me. Everybody there spoke French, and enough English...but enough about that...The hotel we stayed at had a pretty crappy generator. Our first night there, we were starving, and ended up waiting 3 hours for dinner, because there was no electricity. So we chatted and sat around...under candle light, and cold...
Up the mountain the next day. It was majestic. I forgot how happy I get when I'm riding the lift up, and just absorbing the sights. I would have never imagined being in Lebanon, snowboarding. I'm just so thankful for being able to experience this, being in another country, doing things that I never imagine i would be doing. And I think back, to all the people that I have met in my life, and how they have effected me in one way or another, and realized that life is really about the company you keep...and how much more fun it is when there's someone to share it with. I've been blessed with amazing people in my life, and I can't even begin to thank all the ones that have always been there for me. So Thanks. You know who you are...
I think that's all I'm going to write today. Need to focus on more important stuff. But in a nutshell, I had one of the most amazing weeks in my life, surrounded by amazing people, and saw amazing things. Did I mention it was amazing? Can't wait till the next adventure!
Still happy...but kinda tired...
Out.
