Lebanon

     If I can travel anyplace in the world, it would have to be Beirut,Lebanon. The reason behind this, is because both my parents are from Lebanon, and the stories I have heard about the beauty and landscape of the country amazes me. I have been wanting to go to Lebanon for so long, but because of a tragedy it is hard for my mother to travel there again. When she was just twelve years of age, her father died from a bullet to his heart, and that scarred her for life. The stories she has told me about the waters,trees, and shops, just make it sound so wonderful, that I can not help but ask her to go. I love, love, love, the simplicity of this place, but the history behind it also sparks my interest into travelling there one day. Who does not want to go to a place where generations of your family have lived and loved? Who does not want to experience the life of their parents back when they were children in their own hometown? I could have easily chosen Europe, Spain, or Jamaica, but my heart has always longed to go to the place where my family grew up, and thrived.  I will see Lebanon , and I will fall in love. Beauty does not only rest on physical aspects of a country, but also the history behind it. Lebanon, to me, is a place full of hopes and dreams, reborn into a different era, but has the same sentimental meaning. I pray that one day I will accomplish my dream, and set foot on the land that we call Lebanon.