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Syria: Dead cities and Palmyra

Published on April 1, 2011 by HannaLeave a comment

When we travelled around the country, the last place for us to visit before we returned to Damascus was Palmyra. The place is amazing and something everyone should get to experience. We werw incredibly happy that… More

Syria: More food

Published on March 31, 2011 by HannaLeave a comment

Most of our time in Syria we stayed at cheaper backpacker hotels, although nice and clean ones. Most of these hotels served the breakfast on a metal tray (charming, I imagine that is what you get… More

Syria: Krak des Chevalier

Published on March 30, 2011 by HannaLeave a comment

Christopher was excited about Krak des Chevalier already when we were home in London. It is a grand crusader castle from the Middle Ages, and just the type of thing boys love. 🙂 I had an upset… More

Syria: Restaurant Kaser Al-Wali in Aleppo

Published on March 27, 2011 by Hanna4 Comments

It was the hotel manager at Beit Zafran in Damascus that told us about this restaurant; Kaser Al-Wali. He has recently been there himself. And I am so glad we asked him for recommendations, as… More

Syria: Restaurant Beit Sissi in Aleppo

Published on March 26, 2011 by HannaLeave a comment

Both Lonely Planet and people we met in Aleppo said that Beit Sissi (Sissi House) was the best restaurant in town, so our first evening in the city we went there. At this point we… More

Syria: Aleppo

Published on March 25, 2011 by HannaLeave a comment

After a few days in Damascus, we travelled up north to Syria’s second city – Aleppo. We both loved the city, that oozes more history than Damascus. It was easy to find our way around,… More

Syria: Damascus Fork

Published on March 23, 2011 by Hanna2 Comments

The second day in Damascus we had signed up for a culinary tour. I had found the company, Damascus Fork, on the internet when I was researching restaurant, and what they offered was exactly what… More

Syria: Naranj restaurant, Damascus

Published on March 19, 2011 by HannaLeave a comment

Before we left for Syria I had googled restaurants, just to have other sources than Lonely Planet. And even though LP are great, I don’t always agree with their food section. Most internet sources I found said… More

Syria: Damascus

Published on March 17, 2011 by Hanna3 Comments

We started and ended our holiday in Syria in the capital Damascus. When we got off the plane and proceeded into the airport I wondered for a quick moment, if maybe we had landed somewhere… More

Recipe: Wild Garlic Hummus with Crispy Za’atar Mince, Vegetables and Pitta

Published on June 4, 2021 by HannaLeave a comment

While browsing my fellow food blogger Charlotta’s site I came upon a recipe of crispy mince with hummus that immediately brought me back to my trip to Syria ten years ago. Hummus is often served… More