Terrou-Bi, A French Restaurant...

Yesterday my sister and I and friends of ours went and had dinner at an amazing French restaurant called Terrou-Bi. This restaurant is one of the most beautiful restaurant that I have been too, it is surrounded by the ocean and full of palm trees, also there is a huge swimming pool that is somehow attached to the ocean, we ate outside and by the beach and all the beauty of the greens, what was amazing about last night and while we were having our drinks outside and enjoying the scenes that was in front of us, I looked up the skies and saw the moon it was beyond beautiful, it was actually a new noon, sitting in the middle of all this beauty, I seriously felt that we were sitting in a painting, maybe in a dream, I wanted to walk and get close to the moon and the beach so I excused myself and went to the beach, and when I got there I stood still and said to myself this is my best friend, while standing by the beach I looked up at the skies again and saw the moon was still there and in the middle of this huge ocean, I was like wow, this is a dream but it is also real cause I am standing here listening to the sound of the waves and feeling the water touching my feet ( my sandals were ruined but I didn’t care) I just wanted to stay there, I don’t know how long I stayed standing there, all of the sudden my sister came and told me that my order was in, this is the first time that I wasn’t very happy cause the food was finally here, I actually don’t even remember what was the taste of the food, I told my brother in law when he asked me how did I enjoy my dish, I told him to be honest I did not care about the food I am actually enjoying the scenes that is surounding us, we were sitting in the middle of the ocean seriously it was so beautiful and it was like a dreamy land, one of my friends said that being in this restaurant feels like being in heaven and I totally agree with him, I did not feel that I was in Africa at all yesterday or even in earth....
I wish I had my camera with me, it is so unfortunate that I forgot it, that is because we decided to go out for dinner suddenly. Since this weekend is my last weekend here in Senegal, I asked my brother in law to bring me one more time to this amazing place, so that I can keep it inside of me and share it with my friends by taking pictures, I told him we don’t have to eat anything, we just come again for a cup of coffee but then he smiled and said “ well Imane !!, it is going to be a very expensive cup of coffee but for sure I will bring you here again not just for coffee but also for dessert” I smiled at him and told him that I cannot wait to come back again for the last time before going back home...

Thousand and one nights..

I always tell people that I am a night person, it is now 1:45 am here in Senegal and as usual I cannot sleep and when I cannot sleep my mind starts to think, for instance few minutes ago while watching TV and before I decided to come online and write this post an episode from an Arabic series taken from a very famous and ancient story book called Thousand and one nights or (Arabian Nights), I was trying to watch the episode but I couldn’t concentrate that is because my mind was occupied with all the things that I have done and the places that I have visited and going to visit. As I mentioned before I went to Malaysia, Dubai, Lebanon and Senegal, all these places made me feel like I'm living in the time of the thousand and one nights and that’s because I have been to places that I haven’t been to before, it felt like I was living a dream, it was beautiful, it was actually more than just beautiful, to be honest I have no idea how to describe my experience with such great places, I was amazed by the people and how simple they are, and mostly by the sceneries that I have seen, it was really, really, really beautiful, and the food was just divine especially in Dubai, I have been to so many restaurants all over the world, I think that in Dubai is the best food ever, I had sushi there it was soooo yummy beyond belief. A friend of mine says that I am like sindibad because I keep flying from place to place but that is ok because I am like a bird but only the kind of bird that likes the change and enjoy it no matter what.
Now here I am in Senegal it is almost the last part of my trip, in 2 weeks I will leave this country to go back to Lebanon and London and then after that back home, time flies so fast we cannot control it but we can at least enjoy the present and download things into our heads and make great memories so that when we go back home we will share our experience with the people that we love, this is what I am planning to do, I will tell everyone that I know about my adventures, I did share some of my adventures with my friends already in Facebook by posting pictures, but there are things that you cannot just post, cause you can only share it with the people that are close to your heart, I was happy and I want the people that I love to be happy with me and that is by sharing my news/adventures with them…

Sunday...

I did mention before that Sunday is my favorite day of the week, I don’t know why, maybe because it has been always my lazy day, anyways, yesterday was Sunday, and because of that my sister and I decided to go to the beach for the day, we went to a place that is so beautiful, every time I come to this place I feel that I belong there, you see, 3 years ago when I was battling for my freedom I came here to clear my mind, it was a wise decision, knowing me and how much I love the ocean my brother in law and my sister took me to the Le Meridien President (Merridien resort on the beach), I stayed for a week in that resort , what I loved about the resort is that there is an area by the ocean that is so private and so beautiful, I use to walk there every morning at sunrise and talk to the ocean, I actually once wrote a letter and threw it away, I remember that day as if it was yesterday, I was very upset with my x and my heart was beating so fast I couldn't breath, I was alone, I wanted to be alone, so I decided to write a note and throw it away, maybe some how my mom will read it, I have no idea what I wrote, all I can remember is that it was something that my heart was saying and I was just writing without realizing what was it that I was writing, this is why I sometimes believe that our hearts are the leaders of our minds, I could be wrong but sometimes this is how we deal with whatever we face, we use our hearts or at least I do, I know I shouldn’t but sometimes I just can’t….
Anyways, back to the present, so yesterday we went to the same resort only to spend the day over there, they have a really nice swimming pool for the kids and adults, I of course swam for 2 hours and after that I walked to my favorite spot and sat there for almost an hour, just listening to the sound of the beach and enjoying the most beautiful view that you could ever see, I think that I could do this all my life just sitting by the beach and see how far it is and imagine how deep it could be, it was windy yesterday but I did not mind it at all….while I was sitting there a good looking guy came and we talked for few minutes , guess what!!! he was Canadian, from Toronto he is here for business, we talked for a while and we found out that we have lots in common which is interesting and weird at the same time, anyways, I had to say bye to him cause it was time for me to leave, before I left he gave me his phone number and asked me to call him when I get back home, I don’t know if I will, I am going to have to wait and decide later.

Every time I leave this place I feel that something that is inside of me is kept there in the ocean, sometimes I feel that when I die it is going to be here, because it is where I belong….

Amour...

I am far away from home now; it’s been quite an experience travelling and seeing parts of the world that I haven't seen before. Now we are in June, that means that we are half way through the year, amazing how time flies… how fast things are going scares the hell out of me, but then I say to myself, this is life and life goes on no matter what….. it is now 9:00 am in the morning here in Africa,  Senegal to be specific and with my cafe au lait in my hand I thought back to last night, while I was having dinner at this beautiful French restaurant with my friends we talked about love and here is what I came to realize about this beautiful emotion, there are mysteries about love, things that neither of us may ever understand because love is an emotion without limit and understanding, we know we love each other but we could never explain completely as why we love each other, love is not a clock, you simply cannot take it apart just to see what makes it tick, and even if you could you probably could never get it back together again…

P:S: I decided to name this post Amour (which is love in French) since I am in a place where every one speaks French even my sister and her kids, I have to really think hard before speaking to my niece and nephew and after I come up with a sentence they laugh at me, I think that I am the joke of the year here in this country, but I don't mind it at all , I like it when I make someone smile especially if this someone is my niece or nephew....