On the last Monday of the year, we drove back from Upstate to Manhattan. Luckily, this time without any technical issues with the car. For New Years, we met up with friends – Marlene and Hendrik. Marlene is also a colleague of ours and they have moved to NYC just recently. Specifically, they found a […]
Full program for Christmas far from our families
One more day until Christmas! We decided to stay in New York over the holidays instead of going home – this was definitely a tough decision and both of us were a little nervous about spending Christmas without family in a foreign country. However, we were set on making the upcoming days as festive as […]
Xmas at the door!
Now it was already the week before Christmas, during which Franzi could luckily stay in New York. However, Alex unfortunately had to be in Chicago to start on a new project. The week consisted mostly of closing off open items before the holidays and finalizing the last Christmas presents in a snowy New York. Alex […]
Celebrating Christmas time in NYC with the Nutcracker ballet
This week our paths were close to crossing. Alex was in Chicago, Franzi in Madison. After another cancelled flight on Monday, Franzi took a Tuesday morning flight to Chicago and had to drive again. This resulted in very close physical proximity between us, but no actual meeting. During the week Alex had a delicious team […]
First Advent and drastic weather changes
The next work week began with bad flight luck – AGAIN. Franzi’s flight on Monday evening was cancelled after a 4 hour wait at the airport due to a pretty intense snowstorm. This meant getting home at midnight & then finishing up some Christmas packages for the family in Germany. After 2.5 hours of sleep, […]