so - what can i say... 2010 draws to a close, and so does my stay here in jerusalem. if only for this year, because come january 8 i will be back here. but right now i am all geared up to go back to vienna for 10 days. will be swell...
the last one and a half weeks had quite a few great things in store: a very nice christmas dinner at patrick's and manja's place, a christmas eve adventure stroll through old jerusalem, a sensational survival care parcel full with the most delicious viennese stuff you just don't get here, the almost final program for the dylan conference and quite a few nice developments concerning the upcoming vienna bob-fest, x-mas shopping in a city that does NOT pay the least attention to that - which is actually very nice compared to the consumerist christmas craze we are all used to, a great evening and night at the bass (the place to be if you are up for a fine night in j-town)  even if the dj-/free rap/slam poetry (or whatever that was) scene her has still LOADS of potential (did i mention the great terrace of the bass - was a great help that night;-)
have a look at some pics that are loosely connected to these lines, and if i don't see you:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
(and let me close with the closing line of capra's great feel-good movie "It's a Wonderful Life":  "Remember, George: No man is a failure who has friends.)
Be well!

christmas palm tree in redeemer's church, old jerusalem

dormition church, old jerusalem

care parcel

christmas dinner

cats will be cats - but this time, emily was stopping the 100 greatest christmas songs by
jonny cash. and well, you can only sit soooo far....!

unrelated. great! (cheers, d. fruchtfleisch)

parcel unpacked. schinkenspeck!!!

the beauties of the dorm1 

the beauties of the dorm2

the beauties of the dorm3

my peugeot racer!

still smoking...!

getting ready for the austrian winter!