Internet woes

I never know when it`s going to cut out and I can`t seem to upload any pictures to my blog or through my hotmail. I`m currently trying some alternative ways to upload and will see if that works. If not, I`ll just have to use my powers of description.

Not only does the internet cut out, but the electricity does as well. It hadn`t bothered me because the generator always starts up right away and things go right back to normal but then it happened right when we waiting for the elevator to take us up to our apartment. Now all I can think about is what would happen if we were actually IN the elevator and between floors or something. Eek!

Then we have the noise. I mentioned the honking right? Well, it is constant and it doesn`t seem to matter what time of day or night it is. People will honk for anything and everything. Of course you can get used to honking. Gunshots, on the other hand, are a bit harder to get used to! At midnight a few days ago there was sudden and sporadic shots along with honking and yelling. The reason: Spain won the European Cup. Apparently the Lebanese like to celebrate with shooting their guns into the air. Yeeeehaw!

We have been looking at apartments all this week and last. Hopefully we will find something soon. It`s hard to know what`s what when you have people telling you conflicting things about where you should live. Is it better to live downtown where it`s noisy (gunshots, remember?!) and where the kid`s school is located? Or, is it better to live a bit outside downtown where it`s quieter but you have to face horrible traffic every morning? As for the apartments themselves, it seems we will get something pretty nice and large enough for GUESTS (hint hint!).

Here`s a few random shots of Beirut (if I can upload pictures!):











Hey, it works!