June 21, 2008

Downtown Beirut



The old Roman baths, or what remains of them, exposed in downtown Beirut. It's interesting to note that the floor level of these baths is well below street level today, typical of old cities built on top of each other (or else the Romans liked their baths in the basement).

Stage set up near the Roman baths, free live music from a range of local musicians. This was Arabic hiphop, Katibe Khamse I believe.

The street cafes and restaurants are packed, and it's Holland vs Russia on the big screen. Ultimately a crushing defeat for the dutch on the big screen. What happened? Holland tore France and Italy each a new one, and then they lose 3-1 to Russia???

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