Sad day: Con & Charly leaving. They were off to Mexico, while Franzi flew to California and Alex to Chicago. For the two of us, business as usual with a relatively uneventful week that passed by quickly. On Friday we first went to Spiegel to have a look at Alex’s drawings of two motorcycle tanks […]
Spring! Another sunny (foody) weekend with Charly & Con
Being in the same city for work for the first time The first work week of 2020 began with Franzi being in Madison and Alex flying out to Chicago. Now we were finally lucky. Franzi had to be in Chicago for an event on Tuesday, so she traveled there Monday afternoon and we could finally […]
The last week of 2019 and family in town for 2020!
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 […]
Our first Thanksgiving with great company from Kati and Eike!
A big week for American culture – Thanksgiving week! Since many Americans take off the whole week and it gets about as quiet as it does around Christmas in Germany, Alex and Franzi didn’t have to travel this week, which allowed for a joint week at home. We spent the days at the office and […]
48 in hours India and “family” visits
Franzi in India India – Monday evening, Franzi landed in Mumbai. The journey felt a little bit like time travel since so much time was lost and the plane flew continuously through the night. Once she arrived she spent the night at a hotel close to the airport to get ready for an early morning […]
More Germans in New York City
As always, the next week started off with travel – Alex flew to Detroit early in the morning and came back in the evening, Franzi flew to Madison in the evening. We missed each other barely – Alex got to the gate at La Guardia and Franzi was right behind him on the runway, unfortunately […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Franzi’s birthday and Neumanns in town!
Birthday week for Franzi! She spent the week in Madison. Alex could stay in the city. First stop before going to the office: Everyman café for a nice Croissant and a Cappuccino. On Tuesday, Franzi was surprised with an early birthday cake by her colleagues, which was super thoughtful and tasty! Franzi got back to […]