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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.

quick update

We are still doing fine, just don’t have much time for writing. By now, not only my sister and my niece, but also my other niece and my mother-in-law got sick. So we keep our fingers crossed and hope that … Continue reading

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fingers crossed

Great events cast their shadows ahead! Next weekend, the little one will get baptised and Karsten and I will have our church wedding after already being married for two years. Our civil marriage two years ago was very short-notice with … Continue reading

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daily scenery

One thing I truly envy Karsten is his daily way to work. He is cycling every day, it takes about 20 minutes and it’s a beautiful way to start your work day (unless it’s raining cats and dogs like last … Continue reading

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increasing size, increasing value

Bankers and money is one of the typical stereotypes of Switzerland – especially when living in Zurich. At a closer look, the Swiss money is quite special indeed. It somehow happened last week that we were paid back a (for … Continue reading

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you know your baby turned into a toddler when…

…it wakes up from its lunchtime nap after only half an hour and instead of sleeping another round together with you, it walks away without looking back, opens the door and disappears into the kitchen while babbling incomprehensibly…leaving you in … Continue reading

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seven days, seven pictures

Another week has passed and it somehow felt like late autumn. Hot chocolate, rice pudding and warm jackets, as you can see on the pictures – I am joining Carola from Frische Brise with her weekly photo review:

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daily adventures

Rain, rain, rain, all week long. Being inside all day is slowly getting us into a paddy. Therefore: waterproofs on and outside we go, even if it’s just in order to take out the trash. Because taking out the trash … Continue reading

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local personalities

Last Sunday happened to be the first sunday of the month. And I happened to be at home. Which was perfect, because ever since we moved here I wanted to check out the small village museum. Which is only open … Continue reading

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garden greetings

Have a great start into the new week everyone!

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diary blogging

On every 5th of the month, Frau Brüllen asks “What are you actually doing the whole day?”. So here you go – a meticulous insight into one half of our weekend: 5:30am – the little one pipes up…since it is … Continue reading

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