From the depth of my heart, I want to thank you, dear friends, for your support and kind words... 24 replies, I can't believe it ! When reading all your messages I realise that Renderosity is more than just a site.... its a great community ! And I'm very proud and so happy to be a member of it ! Now, just some explanation about the horrible thing... To hide my bags with the camera and lenses I did put them in the boot (I drive an Audi A4 Avant, so it's a break, but the boot is covered as you can see on the picture) but this was probably my big mistake... Someone must have see me, broke the window and took the bags.... What I really hope now is to find back the little things without value for others : an old notebook in which I wrote down all the hikes (location, km, photos taken....) and an old book with a classification to identify wild flowers... For the photographic material, I will indeed give it a try through the insurance company... with not so much hope... But I already started my therapy : I bought myself a Nikon D70S kit (with 2 lenses : 18-70 and tele 70-300 mm ! I will look for a macro lens further this week, as I would really take it with me on holidays.... Any advice ? Once more, thanks for your great friendship ! :~) michel

"In Life, as in Photography, things look much brighter, once you remove the lens cap"