Even a temperature of minus 12 degrees couldn’t keep Ali from running his various errands today (returning plastic bottles to the shop and doing the grocery shopping).

I’m going to Australia for the whole month of February, and Ali has been keen to make sure we spend some quality time together before then. We had dinner in Wedding last week with his boss and his son and brother-in-law. Ali was recognised by the waiters at the restaurant and then again on the u-bahn on the way home. He was happy to pose for photos - worry beads in hand, of course!