What I see...

from my bedroom window in Rome...

Christmas beach

Hoek van Holland on 25/12/2010

Niamey (3)

bumpy roads this time, going to Moussa's place, I didn't know that Niamey was sooo big!

Niamey (2)

Crossing the only bridge of Niamey on a Sunday morning.

Niamey (1)

Be blessed my friend's red toyota!
This is on the way to the youth group... on a regular "boulevard" in Niamey

Ceci n'est pas un pois chiche...

My green IKEA plastic cup filled with warm fresh peanuts... yum! The supply source is of course my dear Aissa!!!



however... I'm still not totally convinced these are not rather chickpeas...

Replantons le désert!

- le désert -

- les jeunes pousses -

- en avant! -

- au travail! -

this series is (c) from Charlotte C.

Le fleuve Niger

- Vue rive droite de Niamey -

- le pont de Niamey, au coucher du soleil -

- les rizières inondées -

- les pirogues -

Montpellier 2010 - outdoors

Finally a few pics of my great summer time!
I never had a chance to look at these pictures before today... :)

Frankfurt – Francfort – Francoforte

On board of an Airbus 321 called Darmstadt! This time the flight arrived on schedule and I had a straight connection to Italy. I never flew through Frankfurt however it’s again a place linking me to my past. It was the big city, the special one, the one we recognized to its skyscrapers naming it “le crayon”, the one I went on school trips to the big zoo, the one where my first ID was issued…

By the way, I must look German as all the stewards and hostess talk to me in German :)

:D :D :D Then I sat on the wrong seat and my real neighbour tells me “I knew you would be sitting next to me”, “why?” – no answer – I’m reading the Acts for a while included the passage where Philip is sent South and meets the Ethiopian ambassador. I just feel it’s for me. Then my neighbour interrupts “May I ask what church you belong to?” and we talk a little bit about faith. But tradition and religion is not what God requires and will never give you the peace of heart, neither “to compensate (bad) profit making through goodwills” as he concludes. (the “bad” is mine) Handing out his business card he states again that this was not random meeting, me too – I agree, but not for the same reasons :D :D :D

Munich – Muenchen – Monaco

This week-end I flew through Munich, a nice experience. First I didn’t recall that it was such a nice airport. I was surprised by the excellence in service: a personalized screen giving details on the connecting flights just at the exit gate, free coffee & newspapers all around the terminal, good communication by ground staff…. cool! As a consequence of a delay on my first flight I was rebooked on the next one. So I did some Christmas shopping. I spend almost one hour in the Vedes shop, I love it! I remembered us, little ones, spending hours reading and reading again the Vedes catalogue. Kids’ dreams :) everyone needs dreams and unfulfilled expectations. Xmas in Germany is my favourite, without doubts. Then, it was white in Munich. It has snowed a lot in the northern part of Europe this last week. But it was almost irrealistic after the 15°c in Rome and nothing like cold winter weather.

I don’t know when was the last time I flew to Munich, 6 – 7 years? It’s like a circle end. Munich, WDL, Starnberg have been the place of really important moment in my life. It’s where I promised I would even go to Africa, a scary “eventuality”… (what became reality after 8 years) … I learnt the importance of quiet times, and used to wake up at 6:00am, go to lake, sit on the stairs with the Alps in front of me, get some time apart from the chaos of the day just between me & my God… had endless conversations with my cousin and best friend at that time… (who I shall finally see again at his wedding on Dec 31^st). And in these days I was wondering what my future would look like, but I hadn’t imagined I would study in LLN, neither move to Italy AND stay there so long :)