curious boys

curious boys, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Brick Lane, London

Brick Lane, London, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

London

London1, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Let's call it "the gherkin"?????????

London

London, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

I dropped off my mum at the airport on Thursday, and went to London to visit my friend Charlotte, and to just cruise around in the city.
Friday night we went to see a show at the Borderline, Saturday I went to Portobello Market (and ran into one of the 5 people I know in London...), nothing has changed, I don't know if that's good or bad, it's guess it's just Portobello Market... I still like it, though. Today we drove from the east home to Hammersmith along the river. There are some cool new buildings in the city, and big ben's still where it was before :-)

Stonehenge

Stonehenge, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

We went passed Stonehenge on our way back to London. I was a bit disappointed that it's surrounded by freeways, but once I was able to ignore the noise of the cars, it wasn't too bad after all.

My shadow

My shadow, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

and once again, a picture of my shadow, I just love to taking them... :-)

beach

beach, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

South beach at Tenby

South beach at Tenby, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Mum and I - and finally the sun

Mum and I - and finally the sun, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

beach in Newdale

beach in Newdale, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Solva - Welsh village pub

Solva - Welsh village pub, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Rainy day in Newgale

Rainy day in Newgale, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Stef and I

Stef and I, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

And Stef lives in Cardiff now, so I was able to see her, I stayed with her for a few days, then she went with us on a 2 day trip into the country

Swansea Peninsula

Swansea Peninsula, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

I had one day in Germany before my mum and I went to Wales. We went on a 10 day holiday together!
Wales is great! The beaches, little villages, pubs etc.
It was raining and ice cold most of the time, but we tried to make the best out of it.

back in snowy Stuttgart

back in snowy Stuttgart, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

the winter doesn't seem to end in Europe

Sunset Hurghada

Sunset Hurghada, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Dahab

Dahab, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Mr Said's Smile

Mr Said's Smile, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

View to Saudi Arabia

View to Saudi Arabia, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

The three Graces

The three Graces, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Very dreamy...Don't you wonder what they are thinking about?

Path to the Sky

Path to the Sky, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Sunset

Sunset, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Bedouin girl at Ras Abu Galum

Bedouin girl at Ras Abu Galum, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

the happy camel

the happy camel, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

... passing by...

"Ras Abu Galum" - Bedouin village

"Ras Abu Galum" - Bedouin village, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

We stayed in these huts which open to the sea

Camel Trip

Camel Trip, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

We went on a Camel Trip for one night to the Bedouin village Ras Abu Galum. This was my view from the camel... :-)

night view

night view, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

very tired "mountain climbers"

very tired "mountain climbers", originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

descent mount Sinai

descent mount Sinai, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

At 11pm we left Dahab to take a taxi to Mount Sinai. We arrived there at 2am, and started our climb up - it was a starry night, and there were camels along the way waiting for people to give up the walk and take a ride for a while.
Around 4 in the morning we stopped at a "Bedouin Kiosk" the bedouins gave us tea and blankets and we slept until it was time to climb up the lasts 700 steps to watch the sunrise.

toilet mount Sinai

toilet mount Sinai, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Nina Mount Sinai

Nina Mount Sinai, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

after a long and cold night...

happy travellers

happy travellers, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

smoking shisha

smoking shisha, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Nina

Nina, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

business man Dahab

business man Dahab, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

This guy rented out snorkling gear. He had two sets, which were quite damaged, of course the flippers didn't really fit us, but it worked, and after we came back freezing cold form our snorkling trip, because the water is still cold, he made us some tea on the beach to warm us up. He asked for a few cents for his services. Bless him.

Nina after our snorkling trip

Nina after our snorkling trip, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

Hurghada

Hurghada, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

we had to stay in Hurghada for a day, to wait for the ferry - which was then canceled because of bad weather. so instead of a 90 minute ferry trip, we organized someone to drive us to Suez (which was quite an adventure, the driver bribed the guy at the the police control (there were about 4 controls on the way) with a piece of candy and a notebook...????? - tourists in Egypt can normally only travel in convoy guided by policecars or in busses) and then took a bus to Dahab, which took us 14 hours all together. But what does it matter? :-)

Back in Germany

Unfortunatelly I didn't take a lot of pictures in Germany. I had troubles finding a adapter for my camara. And it was so cold that my batterie didn't work, I think. I don't know, but I've had a great time 2 weeks in Berlin, Munich, Schwaebisch Hall, Saarbruecken and Stuttgart.
It was snowing when I arrived in Berlin, which is over a month ago already. My dad picked me up at the airport, then we were going to see my sister in her new shop (www. ananstati.de), and then I spend the rest of the time in Berlin having fun, going out with my sister, meeting her friends, seeing a friend I've met in India, doing touristy things with my dad, going to variete and movies, and talking to my sister's cat :-)
After a few days my dad and I drove "home" to Bielefeld, which is where he moved to in September, and where he also moved all the things which I still had with him in his old flat in Gaildorf. Good job, dad. I got lost in reading letters from years ago, and I also picked up some suitable winter clothes and my backpack for my trip to Egypt.
Next stop: Saarbruecken (Dreiwettertaft, und die Haare halten immernoch, oder aehnich, ha, ha - gibt es nur 3 "Wetter"???????), where I went to school for 2 years.Stayed with Isabel for 2days. We went out and saw the same people from 6 years ago. They are all still there... After that I went to see my mum in Schwaebisch Hall, then to the Heinrich's family in Munich.
After 2 weeks in Germany I went to Egypt with Nicola!
Here a few pictures!

Hali and I - ferry trip to the beach

Hali and I - ferry trip to the beach, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

finally the opera house photo...

finally the opera house photo..., originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

...yep, me, the opera house, habour bridge... the ultimate photo of Australia?? I don't think so... (plus I was distracted pulling my hair out :-) )

pink baby bananas

pink baby bananas, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

... someone wanted to have a prove of pink bananas... Stef? I can't remember, but anyway, here it is!

bats in Sydney

bats in Sydney, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

they are everywhere! It's great to watch them in the evening when they are getting active and fly around Sydney!

Sydney - on Hali's balcony

Sydney - on Hali's balcony, originally uploaded by JeanineJeanine.

I spend the last day I stayed in Australia with my friend Hali, who I met on the YogaTraining in Byron Bay. She live's right in the center and has a great view from her balcony, where we spend a lot of time drinking good Australian wine and talking.