Errands, errands, errands – closing off 2020 December started with crossing off as many items as possible from our personal and professional To-do lists. We were getting ready for a trip to Germany over Christmas, leaving mid-December to finally see our family and friends again after 15 long months. Alex spent his work days in […]
Alex getting into serious off-road riding
Celebrating Mark’s birthday In the beginning of the last week of September, Alex finalized a drawing for Mark´s upcoming birthday. The rest of the week was spent with walking George and some delightful cooking. Friday night, Franzi was off to get a pedicure and manicure to start into the weekend. In the meantime Alex got […]
A trip to the northern East Coast – Acadia National Park
First stop – Cold Spring for Labor Day September started off with something to look forward to: a small vacation! After a four-day work week, we were off to Cold Spring for a Labor Day weekend with a couple of friends (all of which tested COVID negative before getting together). It was more of a […]
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 […]
Stuttgart, Germany for “a day”
A short business trip to Germany A week without US travel – Franzi stayed in New York and Alex actually flew to Germany. For a one-day client workshop, he had to be in Stuttgart on Friday. To prepare everything properly he flew out on Wednesday. Originally his plan was to fly out the weekend before […]
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 […]
Automotive Team Event in SC and exploring Central Park
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 […]
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 […]