Our new week began with some uncommon but pleasant visitors. Our neighbors cats made their way up the fire ladder and we rewarded them with some tuna (which secretively was the attempt to get them into our apartment but that failed). Wednesday was a showcase of “American engineering”. Heavy rainfalls caused a water leak on […]
Relax & unwind in paradise Costa Rica (2/2)
Monteverde Cloud Forrest Saturday – one week of vacation already passed, but it has been a great journey so far! We left the farm early in the morning to visit the Monteverde Cloud Forest. The Biological preserve is the first private area for the conservation of wildlife founded in Costa Rica in 1972. The preserve […]
Well deserved vacation in beautiful Costa Rica (1/2)
One more week of work before our vacation! Franzi stayed in New York to wrap up her project, Alex had to fly to South Carolina for one day. He was asked to join a workshop for an automotive Tier 1 supplier. Other than that, throughout the week, we prepared everything for our upcoming trip to […]
Old school Jazz in Williamsburg
Already the last weekend of January – crazy how time flies! This week it was back to Santa Ana, California for Franzi and Alex stayed in New York for work. Overall, a work week as usual – nothing crazy to be reported. Staying in the city Alex had a chance to follow our “old” morning […]
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 […]
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, […]