to parts unknown
I expected to be spending Sunday in Frankfurt, waiting for a night flight onward to Beirut. But it seems that Lufthansa hasn’t been able to start up its flights to Lebanon yet, despite expectations earlier this week when I booked the ticket.
Rather than wait in Frankfurt for a week, I’ve changed my flight to Larnaca, Cyprus, arriving at the more civilized hour of 2:30 in the afternoon. More civilized than arriving in Amman, Jordan at 2:00 in the morning, anyway.
Of course, there are no flights from Larnaca to Beirut either, but there may be boats. A lot of refugees from Beirut went to Cyprus, and presumably they are wanting to go back now that the bombing has stopped. People are always eager to see if their house is still there.
I rather like the idea of showing up in Larnaca without any idea of the layout of the place, and not much idea of how to go on from there. One idea: This is the big weekend for Italian peacekeeping troops to go from Cyprus to Lebanon by boat, so I’m thinking maybe I can hitch a ride with them.
If you have any suggestions, post them up.
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