Falling on Lebanon…

Yesterday in Lebanon, more Syrian rockets fell near the eastern city of Baalbek. When my family and I last traveled to Baalbek, we had the ruins to ourselves–since rockets had fallen near the site just a few days before. Even the guards were surprised that we had come. Though I love taking my students on field-trips to all of Lebanon’s major archaeological sites, this semester we’ll have to leave the awe-inspiring ruins of Baalbek off the list…