Missing my home

This past week, everynight I dreamt of my family in the Philippines. It seems its real that I had my vacation and having fun with them. This only shows that I really miss them. I want to have my vacation soon to see my family again and to enjoy the summer with them. Summer is the happiest time for us because we have lot of bonding time in the river with the whole clan. I remember when I was there, during summer we always have picnic in Magat River and we only brought rice and seasoning  when we go there.The men in our family caught fishes, crabs and shirmps to eat for the whole clan. The women got clams or snails in the river for additional foods We have also vegetable field along the river and we got vegetable direct from the plants. Its really enjoyable when we have this gatherings, I couldn´t imagine how noisy my whole clan is. And not only picnic, we also  washed our soiled clothes in the river  while our kids were swimming, taking their bath and playing together. During eating time  everyone was so satisfied and enjoyed the fresh fish and I saw all were happy during those time eventhough sometimes we burnt our skin( we don´t used sunblock). I miss my hometown now.....I want to go home....

Now,I am living along the river  also but there is no picnic in the river bank.Its so dangerous. There are some restaurants along the river but its really different being in your own home. We can do such a lot of  things  in our river in my country but here I can only walk along the Rhine River. Fishing is not allowed for nonlicensed fishermen here, as well as  taking bath  and washing of clothes because in this river cargoships and passagers ships are passing almost every hour.The water is so deep and the flow is so fast.

Pictures along the Rhine River......