view from my hotel room in Istanbul on the Bosphorus, the Aya Sofia (left) and the Blue Mosque

participants in my workshop at the College of Music and Drama at the University of Sudan in Khartoum

Piano technician and restorer Theo Dekker accompanied me to, among other things, clean up the concert wing of the University after seven years of total lack of maintenance

hairdressing salon on the street

swim in and walk along the Nile on Friday, the Islamic Sunday