Back home

Hi!
I am back in Germany. And it is good to be back, though this cruise was a big adventure and I would go again, if I had the chance.
It is very nice, to see some friends again, to smell the humid soil, the trees, to listen to the first calling birds of the coming breeding season, to see the first flowers. My cockroaches have got offspring, my daphniids, copepods and isopods are still alive - thanks to my mother who took care of all that. I have already prepared some chilli and other seeds for my little hot and spicy garden. The next time i will spend sorting out my pictures, having a course at the university and arriving mentally.
Some more pictures of "Polarstern", the ocean and antarctic wildlife will be posted on my picasa webalbum. So have a look, if you like!
Cheers.. Torben