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About erdhummel

Familial entropy - that's an insight into our current life which has been fundamentally changed last summer when our daughter was born. Having studied in Cottbus, Germany, and worked/studied in Edinburgh, Scotland, we momentarily live in a small town in Switzerland where Karsten is trying to save the environment and Freddie is trying to save our sanity. Since there is not much time for elaborate, long emails while doing that, we thought a blog might be a good option to smuggle ourselves into the lifes of our friends.

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

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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

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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

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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

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don’t enter that conveyor belt!

Our evening conversation two days ago: S – You fell down the wall….two damage points F – Whaaat? I thought that’s only one point! S – Nooo…I explained it before! Falling down the wall causes two damage points… K – … Continue reading

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outcome of the wedding week (or: how much family craziness you can squeeze into one week)

Here an overview over the major highlights of the wedding week (some of them not directly related to the wedding yet with somehow influential character regarding the general perception): – one happily married couple – one not really enthusiastically baptised … Continue reading

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wedding impressions

As requested a few impressions of the wedding 🙂                     The copyright lies with my sister and my father-in-law. If you have any questions please contact them via familialentropy at gmail.com

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wedding, wedding, wedding

As promised, I’ll write a bit about our wedding, now that most of the guests have left again and the stomach flu seems to take a break. Though it is almost impossible to put this whole beautiful day into words … Continue reading

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intermediate result:

The wedding was great! Now Karsten joins the ranks of the stomach flu victims (see previous entries…). More from us as soon as the chaos disappears….

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pre wedding craziness

There is so much to do and actually no time at all to blog! However, this whole pre-wedding chaos is just too good to be left out here! So here is a quick insight into the last days craziness: Good … Continue reading

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