from Germany. Since I am back in Lebanon I have not taken a sensible image that would be worth uploading. Work has been intense, so when you come home now it is already dark, means only the weekend is left for photos. The situation is tense, a recent newspaper article indicated that foreigners are spies and photograph everything for 'the other side'. Means of course I have to be careful what I do, I don't need no problems, even I am not a dot interested in the games that are played here. Beirut is Beirut but one can feel that it is not like the other years. I will try to do more 'grafithy' photos, maybe this week. There have been shootouts in Sidon along the main route we have to take to Beirut, rockets have been fired towards 'the other side' and last night after the ceasefire in Gaza was announced the Rashedeye camp here in Tyre was awash with gunfire for about an hour. From the sound of it they threw in few round of some heavier stuff, what the heck, the sound is good they must have thought. The weather has eased up a lot, meaning it is now cool in the morning and evening, we had rain and more is forecast for this weekend. Two weeks ago it snowed down to 1500 meters. Now is the nicest time of the year, well spring is also nice, but traveling is becoming an issue, one has to be really sensitive to where one is going. Even in the Shouf, two days ago there was an incident involving the H. Therefore I am keeping scanning the situation all the time and make decisions on short notice. I think South East Asia for a week at the beginning of the new year is now a must. I have to get back to photography but can't do it here really anymore. So friendly South East Asia looks really inviting, much more then a longer stay in cold and damp Europe. :) Nevertheless, here are some more photos from Indian Summer in Germany. Otherwise all is well, so long!

All the three colours of the autumn forest - Red, Green and Yellow.

My favourit spot in the Garden in Germany - Weather permitting