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30 September 1879 — Baalbek | |
Tuesday. 30th September [1879]. We had to get up at 4 & set off on our ride back to Staura. It was before sunrise & it was chilly & one was glad of shawls but as soon as the sun was high one cd no longer bear them & was glad of umbrellas. We rode to the Village of Malaka & there we found a carriage into wh we were glad to get to take us to Staura. There we rested & had lunch– Afterwards we set out in the dilligence carriage for Aley where the road turns off to Aley we were met by a quantity of English Europeans & Druses & entered the village in style. When we got to the hotel we found Mr & Mrs Eldridge & their 3 daughters waiting for us—& very comfortable rooms prepared– We had some tea & rested Alice & I & baths & clean garments. There were triumphal arches raised in our honor & huge tents pitched for the eveng’s entertainment. We dined at the Eldridge mansion next to the hotel & were bored by a long & rather bad dinner in a small hall. Mr Eldridge prosed to me all the time how that he knew everything having “been 16 years in the country.” After the wearisome dinner was disposed of we were led out into the big tents where all the fashionable people were entertained but there was a great tendency for the sexes to keep separate wh was rather a dull arrangement. Fireworks were let off & bonfires lighted and Mr Eldridge had done all he could to receive us well. At 10 we could keep awake no longer and managed to get to bed. | |
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