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 […]
The benefits of our job – (sometimes) nice places & great colleagues
Another week, another cross-country flight – back to California for Franziska. Meanwhile Alex was in Chicago, which was much colder. During the week, Franzi and her colleague built in a quick trip to the beach, which was absolutely beautiful, relaxing and a good way to the mind off work. Back in New York, both of […]
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 […]
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, […]
Spending time across the rivers East and West from Manhattan – Brooklyn & Jersey
The next week started with a trip to Chicago for Franzi and Alex flew off to South Carolina again. Franzi had a team dinner on Tuesday which is always a nice break from typical work during the week. We both got back Thursday night on time, a small miracle. Friday night after work, Alex went […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]