A Year In Travelling- Part 1

In case you haven’t noticed, life goes by so fast. One day you’re planning every tiny detail for your first trip home and the next you find yourself engaged in a discussion with a world-renowned environmentalist about how it felt to experience altitude after several months in the Netherlands. It’s funny to think that these…

In Bruges: Not the Movie

There are two things I learned from our trip to Bruges, Belgium back in April: 1. The film In Bruges barely has anything to do with the town, and therefore should not be considered as good research material for your trip. In fact, the interiors are completely different than how the movie showed them to be….

A Small Note About Travelling

The first draft of the thesis is done. June is ending, and soon enough I need to start organizing and packing. It’s undeniable, I’m going back home soon and there’s a lot of bittersweetness involved- but I don’t want to think about that just yet. Of the things I will miss about living in Europe…

From the Beyond: Updates and Whatnot

When I first started Beyond Beirut, I promised myself I’d keep it running, that I wouldn’t care about how many people visited the site, or no matter how uninteresting my life as a graduate student abroad would become, I’d still find something to write about. We all know that this is exactly what happened. Right? Truth…