We recently welcomed Lena from Chile to the staff in the Department of Statistics and said goodbye to Vanysha who returned to Mauritius. To welcome the one and say goodbye to the other we went to Bahji followed by a nice dinner in the Penguin restaurant in Nahariyya. Martijn and May, as well as Sorush, also joined us. Here are a few pictures (thanks Peyman)...

Howard, Maarten, Vanysha, Peyman and Riyad... the 'old' Department...

Martijn, May and ???

In the Bahji Visitors Centre, with Lena

The burgers at the penguin restaurant were not bad at all...

Menchie made a beautiful card for Vanysha with pictures of her stay in the Holy Land...