On Monday Franzi flew to Madison and Alex headed to Savannah. Business as usual for Franzi, the first Team Event for Alex. The various Practices of our Company once in a while organize off-sites where consultants assigned to a certain practice (industry or service group) get together to discuss industry trends, perspectives, talk strategy and […]
Finally visiting the Hamptons – it only took Nicola from Germany to visit
After a relaxing weekend, we headed into the next week full of energy. Franzi traveled to Madison again, Alex headed to Washington by train. Travelling by train is a fairly comfortable method of travel but pretty expensive, even compared to the Deutsche Bahn. Starting comparisons with Deutsche Bahn – the train left and arrived punctual […]
A relaxed and uneventful week
After a full weekend this time a rather relaxed and “normal” week. The week began with travel to Madison for Franziska and Alex was lucky enough to stay in New York. On Thursday and Friday, Franzi had a training, which is the first one of a series of training for managers in our firm. This […]
Gentleman’s ride and Alex’s dad in town
After two intense weeks of vacation, we continued full-speed in NY – Monday evening Franzi flew out to Madison, Alex to Chicago. The week was mostly spent with catching up and getting back into the project groove. As a healthy mind could only strive in a healthy body, Franzi and her team did some spinning […]
Vacation in Switzerland and Germany – Week 2
Our second week of vacation started. On Monday we had to get from Barntrup, Germany to St. Gallen, Switzerland. We took a train to Hannover airport, flew to Zurich and took a train to St. Gallen. Luckily, everything was on time and we had some time to relax and get ready for the special day […]
Vacation in Germany – Week 1
After Labor Day weekend, Franzi flew out to Madison on Tuesday evening and the week nights were mostly consumed by preparations for our upcoming two-week vacation at home in Germany. Besides packing, we spent most of the time with planning where we must be when in Germany and also getting some presents for friends and […]
Long Labor Day Weekend
Finally, our travel schedules aligned and we both got to spend a week in New York. In case you read our blog on a regular basis you will know that this is really rare and exciting for us. Finally, some quality time and a “normal life” during the week. Monday night, Franzi went out for […]
A lucky coincidence at the West Coast
Another week of our travel schedules not tying up. For a change Franzi stayed in New York this time and Alex was the one travelling. He had to go to Santa Clara, California. The lucky coincidence: Alex dad Wolfgang is currently doing a three-month motorcycle trip through Alaska, Canada and the US and he just […]
Team event in Utah and visitor from home
Approaching mid-August already, Franzi spend another week in Madison and Alex worked based out of New York. After flying out to Madison Monday evening and working throughout the week, Franzi’s project team had a team meeting in Utah. Thus, she flew out to Utah Thursday early morning and enjoyed a bit of Utah sun while […]
Accomplishing goals – 10k run
During this week we were mainly busy with work, Franziska in Madison and Alex in New York. On Friday in New York we used our lunch break to pick up bibs for our upcoming run. We registered for a 10K run on Governor’s Island about 9 weeks ago and have been training 3-5 times per […]