My dear friend Ani, who emigrated to Canada 15 years ago, visited me last week. A wonderful afternoon passed much to quickly, as always when spending precious time with loved ones. There are no adequate words to describe my thankfulness.

Joa spent the past weeks in Cairo and took a picture for me from the most famous balcony of the ARD (German TV station number one). It was here that the resignation of the Egyptian president Mubarak was announced and during the Golf wars and the Arabian Spring revolutions the correspondents stood here when they announced: "Reporting live from Kairo today ...". In the background there's the Nile.

I'm very happy about receiving these two pictures from Victor (www.los-del-campo.de) and Natalie from their holiday in Portugal. They were on the Algarve coast, tenting and surfing. There they chose the highest point of the Vila do Bispo beach to think of me. Thank you so much !

Ani's trip to Armenia has come to an end now. She sent me great pictures from her last day trip, where she also visited the Khor Virap monastery and the Noravank monastery. In the background there's mount Ararat, again. What a great trip, thank you !

My dear friend and fantastic physiotherapist Carsten sent me these great pictures with a letter:

"Hello Brit,
in your blog lots of dear friends have taken you with them on their travels with great reports and pictures and your logo. Almost all elements have been covered up until now - on land, on water and in the air, but I don't think anyone has taken you underwater yet. Middle of August I was diving in the Baltic Sea, to be exact in Skagerrak 70km south of Gothenburg with my friend Thomas. 18m under the water surface the temperature was only 14°C. The Baltic Sea is just as colorful and fascinating as the Red Sea or the Maldives. On the pictures you see me before and during our dive [...]. The lobster is approximately 60 to 70 years old, the prawns are 10 to 15cm long and in the last picture you see an eel. After 1 hour in the neoprene suit and unfortunately without a dry suit I resurfaced slightly hypothermic, but very happy.

Have fun looking at the pictures and and kind regards,
Carsten"