Saturday was a special day – we both bought motorcycles!!!!!! After visiting a couple of dealers, we decided to go for Triumph. So, we made our way to Williamsburg, Brooklyn and got all the paperwork done. Franzi decided on a Triumph Street Twin and Alex on a Triumph Scrambler XE 1200. The purchasing process took […]
Dachshund Spring Fiesta
Weekend time (after one day of “work”) 😉 We started off with breakfast at Tompkins Square Bagels, which has already become a tradition for us. Fun fact: Alex and I are a little obsessed with dachshunds – for sure we will have a mini dachshund one day. Alex by accident found a perfect event for […]
First day in the office!
Friday was a big day for us, the first day in the office! To get settled-in easy, our firm provided us with a full day of onboarding sessions – we go to know all the local systems, met many colleagues and were very happy to see our firm has great global standards so we felt […]
Getting the bicycles ready!
Back in the city we wanted to enjoy the sunny day. We brought our bikes over from Germany (who would have believed that the old Holland bike from Franzi’s mother would make it to NYC one day…) and quickly fixed them up at a bike store in the neighborhood before having some homemade Granola at […]
From RI back to NYC
On Easter Monday, we had breakfast at T’s – an Omlette with farm potatoes, French Toast and Coffee made us really happy. A tasty start into the day and great memories for Alex. We then went to the store of the University of Rhode Island and Alex got two caps as a souvenir. This store […]
Cliff walk and “cottages”
On our second day the weather was a little bit better, still rainy but at least not so foggy anymore. After a typical American breakfast with eggs and waffles we took a walk around the harbor and lovely little Newport. The town is really is really cozy and charming. Newport is famous for its historic […]
Road tripping to Rhode Island
For the Easter weekend we decided to take a trip to Rhode Island. Since Alex used to study here, he wanted to show me around and let me take a step down memory lane together. We got our rental care early in the morning. After about 3,5 hours we arrived in very rainy and foggy […]
All things good in life
Friday was a happy day – or our second day of vacation after days of hard work setting up the new apartment. We started with a walk along the high line, which was already much greener than the previous time. Funnily enough, we met one of Alex’s friends from university back in Germany who was […]
Almost done!
Right before we packed together all of our stuff at the Airbnb and actually “moved” to our apartment, our new couch was delivered early in the morning. We continued sorting, cleaning and putting away stuff the whole day. For lunch we got ourselves some internet. In the US you literally buy yourself internet: You walk […]
Compensating lack of space with clever storage!
Tuesday was another day of sorting and organizing. We went to our apartment early to get measurements from the built-in closets. The challenge was to find a storage solution that allows to utilize space as efficiently as possible. Therefore, we visited the Container Store, which is an organization-obsessed person’s dream – you can get a […]