Heat in Germany

All of Germany is suffering from the heat. Air conditioning in trains from falling. All whines that it is too warm. As always, if more than three days raining, snowing, hot or cold, are all apparently dissatisfied with the weather. Well, what can I say then. I've been here for two months. Not a cloud in the sky. Not a drop of rain. 40 Last week we had plenty of degrees. This week there is something better. We only come to 37 Well here is: There are both in the office and in the hotel air conditioning. "Read the rest of the entry ..

To see the difficulties of a football game

Asien , Mittlerer Osten , Syrien 1 comment June 13 Asia , Middle East , Syria 1 comment

Soccer in the coffee

Really good I have not met this time. The overall World Cup I will be in Syria. That in itself is not really bad, but it just is not so easy to look at the football games. In the beginning I was very happy. In the hotel you could both ARD and ZDF received. All the best, I thought. Until then look at every now and then extra impressions were. First with the ARD. The fact that this satellite (Hotbird) transmission on 8 June is set. Then also the ZDF. During the Football World Cup will be broadcast on this channel but not ZDF ZDF neo. Well class. For "legal reasons". You search on any of the other 60 channels that can be received here led to nothing. The only source which matches this area transfers is the sports channel of Al Jazeera. Of course, encrypted. In the hotel room to not receive. Only the coffee on the first floor. "Read the rest of the entry ..

On horseback through Damascus

Asien , Mittlerer Osten , Syrien No comment June 18 Asia , Middle East , Syria No comment

Poor horse

Now I'm so again in Damascus. Last Saturday arrived here. On Sunday evening, a colleague took me to a little trip. He wanted to show me his "family". 3 Arabian mares. A friend of him taking care of the horses and be paid for. So we are down there. Is a little bit outside of Damascus. I was greeted warmly. There were to drink tea and it was a lot of chatter. I did not understand much. Except none of my colleagues spoke English.

Tea breaks in the evening

Although there but I had some anxiety about the horse, my colleague, I think some should ride a horse. Amazingly, I was pretty well up on the gee-gee. Well it was not really a ride through Damascus. It was just a few laps in the gate. But still. On a "wild" Arabian stallion. The two older mares are pregnant and the youngest is still too small. I have the whole completed without falling off the horse and the horse it has also survived. The colleague said that if I'm the next time for a long time in Damascus, we are sometimes 2 - 3 hours ride. Tuen me now my ass and the horse tired.
In addition, the mate still the proud owner of a real Syrian sheep. That thing looks like it would run into a wall. But it should be just the typical Syrian. And the nose is depressed, the more valuable these things. One of his friends helped me to take a picture of the typical shape of the head of the sheep. Unfortunately, it is not clearly identify what is in the picture the sheep.