France & Italy - August 2007

02/August - in Nimes
03/August - in the Provence
03/August - Provence
03/August - looking for a few rare butterflies

03/August - Provence
05/August - in Rapallo, at the Italian Riviera
05/August - in the Apennine mountains
05/August - Ping is preparing to kill me
06/August - finally in Florence, no more mountains or butterflies

07/August - Florence, in the queue to visit the Cathedral
07/August - Ping
08/August - in Pisa
09/August - in Alassio, Italian Riviera close to France
09/August - beach in Alassio

Toulouse - August 2007

28/July - visit of Marion to our home in Le Castéra

29/July - Marion with Ping in downtown Toulouse
31/July - Laurent at lunch in Le Castéra
31/July - Ping with Eléonore
10/August - our girls at the end of the circus camp (in an old castle close to Roqamadour)
10/August - circus camp, time to say good-bye to new friends, always very hard for Sophia

15/August - Laurent with his new toy at their house in Le Castéra
15/August - lunch with Rebecca & Laurent together with our friends from Singapore, Bridget with her family (Antonio in the photo, Bridget's husband - 747 captain flying for Singapore Airlines)
15/August - downtown Toulouse, la belle Garonne
16/August - preparation for Chinese dumpling dinner, Kelly (Chinese friend from Hamburg) and Nadja (friend from Russia living in Toulouse) hard at work
16/August - with all friends at the dumpling dinner (l-r): Antonio, Bridget, Nadja, Bridget's friends who came for a visit, Kelly, Ping, Rebecca with her daughter Eléonore

16/August - Laurent with Nadja, never misses a chance to make nonsense
16/August - Nadja
17/August - Rebecca with her daughter Eléonore
17/August - dinner with Laurent and Kelly in 'Le Ratelier', close to our home
18/August - Kelly with Julia & Sophia

Xian & Haikou - July 2007

03/July - in Xian, Sophia found a new friend (her oncle's dog)
05/July - Julia, Sophia & Shanshan (cousin)
07/July - Julia & Ping in Haikou

07/July - Julia with her grandmother
07/July - Sophia whith her grandfather
13/July - Ping's friend Sharon with her son in ???
18/July - back in Xian (l-r): Julia, ?, Shanshan, Ping's brother Guan Hui (Shanshan's dad)
18/July - in the Xian market

Xinjiang - June/July 2007

19/June - southeast Sayram Hu (Sayram lake)
23/June - on top of a mountain with Josef, very good collecting area for parnassius butterflies (almost 2800m)
23/June - same mountain (south of Jinghe), very strong slope for collecting

23/June - at the foot of the mountain
23/June - team photo (l-r): Christof, driver Chen, Siegfried, Josef, guide Ari
26/June - in the Saur mountains
27/June - Saur mountains (3000m) with Siegfried
27/June - glacier in the Saur mountains

28/June - northeast of Burchin
28/June - in the Altay mountains, excellent collecting place!
30/Juny - north of Altay, I found a new friend
04/July - north of Kunges
04/July - north of Kunges, another mountain pass after the rain

04/July - north Kunges
06/July - side valley to the famous Kunges valley, Josef, Siegfried & Ari
07/July - Kunges where we stayed several days in hope for better weather
11/July - close to Hami in the mountains
12/July - close to Hami in the Karlik Shan mountains (we were invited into a shepard tent for tea)