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Monthly Archives: August 2014
old botanic garden Zurich
Lots to do this weekend! No, nothing special, just a lot of laundry, baking, cleaning and relaxing, so there’s not much time to write. Therefore, I’ll just post a few pictures from yesterday. We went to the Old Botanic Garden … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Switzerland
Tagged Alter Botanischer Garten Zürich, Botanic Garden, ETH, Zürich
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permanent sunshine
Days and days of rain? HA! No reason to despair! Because we now got permanent sunshine in our flat! It’s a wedding present by one of my best friends which she made herself (its wood partly covered with leaf gold). … Continue reading
the goat farm in our lives
A few days ago, we caught up with some friends on some news. We had a nice evening, chatted about this and that, until I asked about the wife’s job. She mentioned she’ll only do the job for a certain … Continue reading
seven days, seven pictures
Summer holiday is over and it’s time for the weekly review in pictures again! Our week has been relatively quiet and focused on the little one. Baby swimming, singing, visit of the grandmother and a long walk both on Thursday … Continue reading
Posted in Family, the little one
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tilting windmills
I don’t know why but some of my German genes start kicking in again…Inborn desires regarding tidiness and order are piping up. They are normally a bit suppressed in the Swiss environment due to overstimulation (see here), but somehow the … Continue reading
May I present….
Often in the media with negative connotations, but this time serving science by recording data of Karsten’s field: eBee! (Yet another proof that scientists do nothing else but playing around with cool toys every day…:-))
welcome to the Pinot Noir region
When I wrote that we don’t have a honeymoon, it wasn’t completely true. We did get a honeymoon-day as a present from our friends which we made use of today. The little one therefore had the pleasure of her first … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Switzerland, Travel
Tagged E-Bike, Klettgau, Pinot Noir, Rhine Falls, Schaffhausen, Veloroute Nr. 77
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walking among champions
These days, the European Athletics Championships take place in Zurich, and we are more and more discovering that we are walking among champions. It all started on Tuesday when the little one and I had the first baby swimming class … Continue reading
this dreaded thing called…
Last week I was asked by a friend if we are honeymooning. haha… no. See, there is this dreaded thing called field work. It’s the little child of Karsten’s PhD. And the reason why we haven’t had any summer vacations … Continue reading
Life in a village
Living in a rural village outside of Zurich has its advantages. For instance, you will be greeted by almost everyone when roaming around the village. May it be on your way to the supermarket or to the train station: most … Continue reading
familial entropy 