A sad note here is the passing of our favorite media device the Olympus D-40 camera which has done so well over the years. We got the 4MP camera in 2001 and it has provided many thousands of pictures for our trips to Europe and this blog. As you can see the focus mechanism must be controlled by tape and the batteries sort of work when the weather is really bad and there is no picture to take; however it is still capable of taking some of the most accurate and beautiful pictures ... RIP.

As the D-40 was put gently into the box for its final resting place, we have the new Canon G10 which is generally performing well in its place. Actually we just got the G10 back from the shop for some distortion on the lens, but all in all it is a really fine camera and we've had great support from Canon and the local camera shop here (Fotoart Inc).

In addition, we have a Kodak 190 point and shoot to catch all the valuable stuff that is missed with the main camera.