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We are at the end of the world ( again ) and there are no Easter decorations or colored eggs to be found here. Western Australia does not appear to celebrate Easter in this outpost of civilization !
We called Sonja in Germany ( local time 2 PM ) and Carsten in Grenada ( local time 8 AM ! ) to wish them “Happy Easter”. It is about 1oo degrees F here, just north of the Tropic of Capricorn ( so we are in the tropics, the sun is in the north at noontime, and it gets warmer the further north you travel ). We had fried eggs and ham for breakfast and spent a lazy day at the beach. I read a report about poverty in a newsmagazine. There are an estimated 250 Million people living in India in extreme poverty ( on less than one USD per day)! It makes me appreciate even more, how fortunate we are to be able to experience our sabbatical year and how well people live in the US and Europe.
Gabi cooked us a nice Easter dinner which we ate outdoors at the beach at sunset. The evening entertainment in our ” prison”-hostel consisted of a game of pool. We are alternating winning the game, so neither of us has to feel bad. So far we did not get into a fight on this journey and are enjoying ourselves very much !!!

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