and then we got burgled: the lock in the kitchen window was forced: a piece of it is still on the window sill. Both laptops were stolen by a not-so-clever thief, as he left the battery chargers on the table. And especially the big  17"Acer laptop has a very specific power supply, so it will not be of much use... Moreover, we lost about 800 dollars and euros in cash, taken from our wallets in the bedroom.

After the burglary we made the study less visible by draping curtains over the cupboards and the window. The PC's were replaced by big desktop computers with a convenient handle, allowing us to take them upstairs every night. Installing the new PC's, getting replacement software and the loss of certain test files have set us back by several weeks. And we lost all our music: there were about 80 CD's stored on the laptop, in MP3 format.

Our special mosquito net, hanging from the ceiling with lots of pieces of rope and electricity tubing, to give us more space. Only changing the linen is a bit of problem: that will take the best part of an hour....

Finally, a day at Coral beach, on the other side of the water are the mountains of Jordan, and a bit more to the right hand side is Saudi Arabia. 

Our bottle of Dutch sun protection appears a bit under rated for the Israeli sun: Sonja's shoulders and head are red, and Henk cannot walk for a couple of days: his legs and feet are red as tomatoes and swollen. Next time, we will take an Israeli bottle  with factor 75!!!