Her bags are packed...

...and she's on her way.

10.30 am Oxford High Street waiting for the airport bus. Cold.
10.30 pm Uploading this photo in the Mayflower Hotel Beirut, Lebanon. Pleasantly warm.

There's a wonderful little shisha bar in an alley round the corner full of craggy old men and shisha smoke and candle light. I was to shy to blip it last time I was here in October, will I be brave enough this time?