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Friends came to visit over the easter holiday and we had a great time exploring more of the beatutiful surroundings of Munich. One day we drove to the Königsee, a lake near Berchtesgarden, a very deep mountain lake. The deepest point is over 200 Meter. As you can see on the picture above, there was still Ice floating on the freezing cold water, but the air temperature was very mild and warm. A beautiful sunny spring day!
Blue sky, 20 degree celsius in the sun and still some snow banks, though they are disappearing very fast now. I took this picture today ...
This picture was also taken by me today ... slowly the snow disappears. Maybe one of the last snow pictures for this year?
Today John and I had a gorgeous day skiing! The weather conditions can't be better. We will store this memory and are looking forward to next years' ski season as we reach the end of this season. You can read more about our sunny day skiing in John's blog, and you will also find a prove of my excellent ski talent ;-)
Click here to view the other site of skiing!
... our international ski team!
Today we came back from a wonderful ski weekend in Garmisch. We were a mixed group: two from the U.S., one from the Ukraine, one from Armenia and me :-) We had lots of fun! Though we went only for two days, it feels like a mini ski vacation. I hadn't been skiing for 16 years and that's how I am feeling now... I wasn't aware how many muscles I have. Every movement hurts --- I am soo sore... but it was worth it!
"Okay, the snow flakes were out of my reach -- but I have a brother to bother...", says Jerry and chases Ben through the house!
...because once again we got a load of snow! The picture above shows Jerry trying to play with the falling snow flakes.... too bad that there is a window between him and the snow flakes :-)About half of all flights have been cancelled so far today at the Munich airport, kids have "snow-free" and don't have to go to school tomorrow, and I got once again a good work out shuffling masses of snow... well, in a way it is fun if you don't havce to use your car, like a friend of mine. He is still sitting on the A8 and nothing is moving. Hope he doesn't have to spend the night there as it happened beginning of this year...
After 6 years I moved on to discover new challenges. Last week I drove to G�tersloh to say Good-Bye to my Lycos colleagues and friends. Seeing them and my name tag on my office door made me a bit sentimantal as it made me think about all the good times at Lycos. But now I choose to discover new paths for me -- I am looking forward to it! You will be able to read about my adventures in this blog -- stay tuned :-)
Yep, we are still getting more snow every day. Today I had first to shuffle to be able to leave the house. Within only a few hours we got about 20 cm new snow! And it continues to snow... I have never seen that much snow in Germany before! Kids won't have school tomorrow, avalanches are blocking roads!
The picture shows our garden light covererd with snow.
Unfortunately the time went by much too fast and we flew back home today. The flight was a brilliant end to some wonderful days in the south.... snow covered alps and the blue sky were just amazing!
We stayed in a small village called Menton, which is 15 Minutes away from Monte Carlo. Here you get into the spring feeling very fast seeing the oranges on the trees....
It has become a tradition to stop in Grasse, which is one hour away from Monte Carlo. If you have read the book "Das Parfüm" from Patrick Süßkind, you know that Grasse is THE place to go if you like perfume. The book is very recommendable and also Fragonard, our favorite parfumerie in Grasse...
In Barolo, Italy, we stoppped for a wine testing of some of the most delicious wines ... we also got a tour through the cave of the vintner and also a good insight into the wine producing business. Very interesting!
It is circus time again!
Today we came back from our yearly (fifth!) trip to Monte Carlo. We saw wonderful performances at the International Circus Festival!
We also spent a few days in southern France and also hopped over the nearby border to Italy...
...at the end of january we got so much snow that is tricky to find space for the snow :-)
Today we came back from a fantastic dinner at our favorite restaurant in the Elsace called "Le Cerf". It is located in the little village Marlenheim near Strasburg. As it is truffel season, we had LOTS of truffel, which I just love!
The picture shows a frozen spider web next to the restaurant. Yep, it is cold. Poor spider, I guess defrosters are not available for spider webs...
in front of the cathedrale in Milano, there are just a few pigeons...
(Photo: 7 Jan 05, Kerstin Braun)
Yesterday we came back from a long weekend in Milano and Switzerland. On the picture John is sitting on the roof of the Milano cathedrale.
(Photo: 7 Jan 05)
Egal wo und wann: Jerry braucht immer einen warmen Schoß :-)
