Friday, October 06, 2006

Yesterday's cartoon from Duck & Birdie as published on their Dutch site is fun again.
And contains sheep :-D
You'll have to understand Dutch.. ;-)

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Il Duomo in Milan

In May I was in Milan for a few days. Of course I visited the famous dome, Il Duomo. The complete Duomo stood in the wharf, so the facade was not visible. So I climbed the roof of the church. It's beautiful. Hundreds of carved pinacles and a magnificent view of the city.

Youssouf on the roof of Il Duomo in Milan

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Friday, September 15, 2006

Greedy Sheep Rescued from Tree

Firemen may be well-practised in rescuing cats from trees, but the challenge facing the emergency services in Lund on Wednesday morning was an altogether different beast: a sheep stuck in a tree, seven metres from the ground.

When the fire engine arrived at St Lars park in the south of the city, officers found that a tree had partly fallen over and the sheep had worked its way up through the branches, lured by the tasty green leaves.

"It was the owner himself who called us, but the sheep probably would have been able to get down without our help," said fire team leader Martin Kalthofs to TT.

Nevertheless, the firemen removed some of the branches and after a while the sheep calmly turned itself around and strolled back down the way it had climbed up.

A group of children followed the episode with much amusement and afterwards named the sheep Tarzan.

Saving animals who have got themselves into awkward situations is regular work for the fire brigade.

"But this is the first time I've had to deal with a sheep in a tree," said Martin Kalthofs.