The Real Joe Bobsicle

These days, if you live in a major city almost anywhere in the world, it may be very hard to honestly say you are homesick. Even in Beirut, I’ve been able to watch the same movies that I would have watched if I were still living at home. I could have kept up my (thrice) daily Starbucks habit in Beirut (I did not. I find Starbucks too expensive here but if I really needed it, I could). Three years in, I can find whatever I need at the supermarket, even erythritol   My favourite sugar alcohol was the last holdout but it's here! I found it at a corner store. I’ve even been able to find stevia collagen drinks at the gas station for $1! The weather is grand, the food is tasty, the Mediterranean Sea is distractingly beautiful. What is there to miss about home? Some who know Lebanon and all its challenges well might be screaming at their screens right now: "24 hour electricity, water and gas! Infrastructure! Garbage pickup! WiFi!" Yes, yes. I hear you and you're all right ...

Hi there! I’m moving from Wordpress over to Blogger because I don’t really know what I’m doing so I’m trying something out ... I’m an expat living in Beirut, Lebanon. So far, I have written about how I fell in love with this city at first sight. Later, my dream came true and we decided to move here. It has been over three years now. Some days the dream feels like a bit of a nightmare but, overall, we have no regrets and we are happy to be here. I have written about the challenge of purchasing a car here. I have confessed feeling a bit tired of Lebanese food. Is it safe to live in Lebanon? You can read about all of this in the link below. Coming up, I’m going to write about how some things about the culture here drive me crazy but that other things make me wish I had been born and raised here by Lebanese parents. I’ll write about what scares me the most about living here and my thoughts on learning the language. It’s Arabic, not "Lebanese", by the way. Is there anything...