In between our two Easter camps in Chabrouh, we’ve had the chance of enjoying a few vacation days in Beirut. We came down from the camp on the 14th, and took the afternoon to rest a bit. But astonishingly, some of us we still motivated to go out in the night. So they did, showing great strength and determination after this exhausting week in Chabrouh. Only Stéphane, Carole and Matthieu stayed home to play endless Risk games.
On the next day, the Risk players went to Batrun, while the others finally had to surrender to their beds. We met all together in the evening for a very nice barbecue at Hadi’s place, 5 minutes away from our house. Hadi’s flat is quite amazing, I have to say, with an awesome view on Downtown. No need to describe the evening, I guess: every Lebanese party starts with arak and ends up with guitars. Stéphane and Carole had to leave us during this night. We enjoyed their presence a lot and hope they had a good time here in Lebanon with us.
On the 16th, some of us stayed home to write their essays, while other left to Kaslik to do some shopping. Mafi, Amelie, Maxi and Matthieu plundered all the shops and came back with heavy bags and light wallets. The most important event of the day, however, remains the 5 hours team meeting we’ve had from 7h30 to 00h30. We talked about the camp, giving feedback ad providing ideas for the following camp. (Even) more motivation was what came out the most in our feedback, which we all loudly agreed to improve. Then we discussed all the issues of a normal team meeting, meaning organisation of the week etc… The last topic, which took a heck of a load of time, was normal feedback. We were all released when that endless meeting finally stopped.
On the 17th, some of us stayed again at home to write all of these papers for university, while Johanna, Marie, Josepha and Matthieu went to in the Shouf region for some site seeing. They stopped by Deir El Quamar, then Beiteddine, then the beach and finally came back home after watching the sunset in Corniche. We went out almost all together that night. We met at Barometer for some arak and dabké. Cosy night that was, but for the Austrian guests, Luci and Matthieu who decided to go for a bath in the sea.
On the 18th, the main event of the day was the visit of the Jeita Grotto by Caroline, Suzi, Maxi, Matthieu and Luci. They all loved the site, which is quite impressive indeed!
The 19th was the last day for Marie and Josepha, Johanna’s friends from Austria. So we decided to go party (like almost every evening of the week, but this time we had a good excuse). We had a very nice evening in Hamra which ended up in the lower apartment. We said goodbye to our guests and wished them a safe flight home. It was a great pleasure to have them with us not only for the camp but also during this time of vacation! We enjoyed their presence and hope they liked their stay among us. Another important event of the 19th was, of course, the arrival of our German doctor, Dr. Hans Peter Müller, whom we thank from the bottom of our hearts to make the journey from GHANA (!) to take care of the boys and us in the camp.
The 20th was the day of the great news. Amelie got accepted in PPE in Bolzano, and Yan in the TU München. Suz, Maxi and Daniel kindly took care of inviting the doctor to visit Byblos. The others finished their essays or this blog.
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