Hello steve, I'm Lebanese currently living in France and an avid reader of your blog. If you're interested in visiting Lebanon (not the one you see in the news) I'll be more than glad to receive you and show you around. Although we'd have to agree on the schedule since I'm working abroad now
You'll perhaps be interested to see a tiny country with a population of very different disparate religions... and where the food is great! (with lots of it is vegetarian compatible). Keep that in mind :P