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Books X (#1 2012)

Hanna — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:32:36 +0000

Finished books:

Die Ludwig-Verschwörung , Oliver Pötzsch
The Dogs of Babel (engl.), Carolyn Parkhurst
An einem Tag wie diesem, Peter Stamm
Der dunkle Thron (audio), Rebecca Gablé
Le Petit Prince (fr.), Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Tauben fliegen auf, Melinda Nadj Abonji
Eragon – Die Weisheit des Feuers (audio), Christopher Paolini
Im Westen nichts Neues, Erich Maria Remarque
So sehe ich das, Autobiographie eines Einjährigen, Rohan Candappa

Hirschegg (August 2011)

Hanna — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:39:07 +0000

Last August, I had the chance to participate in the 27th Summer Seminar organized by the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds – my first meeting as a BIF fellow. It was a really fun week. Every fellow gave a project-related talk and we had invited guest speakers from the Humbolth foundation and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The science part took up most of the time (9:30 am – 9 pm) but staying in beautiful Austria practically forced us to hit the trails as well. So two full days were reserved for hiking. In the official program those were listed as “walking tours” – let’s just say that after the first day I switched from the “more demanding” to the “less demanding” group, which was just perfect for me. And I always thought I was in good hiking shape. But maybe that’s not the point after all and I just have to be more diplomatic…maybe I’m just a different hiking type of person. I really love hiking when you actually have time to notice all those beautiful things around you. I don’t just want to run up and down a mountain. But back to the meeting…it was such a great week and I definitely learned more then just science.

Stockholm – MCHS reunion (July 2011)

Hanna — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:48:22 +0000

11 long years ago, I spent an awesome year in Santa Rosa, California, living with an awesome host family and attending Maria Carrillo High School. I met Carsten and Pedro at the very beginning of my junior year and I really don’t want to imagine that year without them. Ever since we stayed in touch, Carsten and I even met several times in 2003 and 2010. Meeting Pedro appeared to be a bit more difficult (or let’s rather say impossible – wherever one of us went, the other person was exactly on the opposite side of the globe). He even moved from Japan to Sweden to live with his girlfriend (let’s better say newly engaged fiancée…CONGRATULATIONS!!!!). But still, I was heading for Salt Lake in 2008 destroying all hope for a high school reunion. So it wasn’t until last year that the three of us managed to be in one place (at the same time). Carsten, Marc and I spent a wonderful (way too short) weekend with Pedro and Melissa in Stockholm. My first time in Stockholm, first time in Sweden, and my first time in a Scandinavian country in general. I was so fascinated by the city (btw, never forget to bring you bathing suits to Stockholm….at least in the summer ), by the people, by the weather (yes, you can get sunburned in Sweden) and by the language (knäckebröd rules).

Luckily, Melissa, Pedro and Carsten will all attend our wedding next month. Can’t wait to see you guys again!

For the Bride and Groom

Hanna — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:14:43 +0000

Not long ago, Marc and I received our first wedding greeting card and it came all the way from Park City, Utah!!! Of course people congratulated us before for being engaged and we received plenty of responses to our wedding invitations. But to actually hold our first official greeting card in our hands was a phenomenal feeling. It was a magical moment and it made it all feel real. ♥ Thank you, Karen and Jeff for everything!!! ♥ You are very special to us and we wish you could attend our wedding. Let’s celebrate it next time we meet – in the States, Germany, Switzerland, or any other place!!

Kaiseregg (July 2011)

Hanna — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:46:59 +0000

The foothills of the Alpes in Schwarzsee, also known as the Bernese Alpes, are a wonderful place to be during spring and early summer. I suppose that’s how Swiss heaven would look like….bright blue sky, wild flowers as far as the eye can see, blue and green mountain lakes, sheep grazing and nice locals offering you Rivella and cold Schoggi at the chalets. The only thing missing were the famous Swiss cows. I have no idea what happened to them.

After going on a nice walk around Schwarzsee in May – which brought us to the Riggisalp and back down to the lake – it was about time to make it to the top of Kaiseregg (2,185 m). Kaiseregg is overlooking the cantons of Fribourg and Bern and once we reached the summit we had an awesome view all the way past the Lac de Neuchâtel.

Friends in FR (May/October 2011)

Hanna — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:48:48 +0000

In 2011, the number of people visiting us in Fribourg continued to rise and among all those nice visitors were two very important ones – my girls!!! We will hit the one-year mark soon, so I better put the post online now before it is too late.

All the way back in May, a few weeks after our half marathon, Kathrin and Nic stopped by and despite the fact that Marc and I had to work during the week (Switzerland is missing some holidays) we had a blast – hiking around Schwarzsee, visiting Murten, having a (late) housewarming-BBQ party, and being spoiled with amazing food. Guests who actually cook for you – what a combination.

The second visit was scheduled a loooong time in advance and with all the big events that summer, I was so happy that we made it work after all. We were at Tine and Micha’s wonderful wedding just a few weeks before and in early October they already found the time to stop by in Fribourg for lots of (pre- and post-) wedding talk, making pizza, exploring little Fribourg and even some horseback riding. I still have to ask Tine for all the pics but here is at least one we took in Schmitten – us girls with Sfenjo and Zigan.

Books VIIII (#4 2011) – 38 books in 365 days

Hanna — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:27:20 +0000

Finished books:

Champagnerluft

Hanna — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:19:32 +0000

For my dad’s birthday in June, Marc and I visited France to meet my parents at our favorite place. I guess you all know where that is since I’ve have been going there for vacation my entire life. And we had such a special time – as always. It had been more than a year since our last vacation and I had really missed the place. This time we had family and friends visiting – Astrid & Klaus, Gaby & Herbert and Ingeborg & Karl.

It was only a short trip and we didn’t do much besides reading books, looking at wedding magazines, writing save the date cards, going on daily walks to the “Plateau” (see the picture below) and of course enjoying great French food.

Now, four months later it already feels so far away and I wish I could go back there tomorrow. Laveline, tu me manques!

Gutenberg Halbmarathon 2011 = fun in the sun

Hanna — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:18:17 +0000

A special Thank You goes to my mum who took all the race pictures. My personal favorite is the following. I think it’s pretty awesome and really captures the moment.

Books VIII (#3 2011)

Hanna — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:34:24 +0000

Finished books:

Der Halbmarathon-Mann, Rolf Bläsing
Die Frau der Ringe, Melanie Schmitz
Amnesie, Michael Robotham
So was wie Liebe, Anna McPartlin
Herr der Diebe, Cornelia Funke
So verdient man sich die Sporen, Horst Stern
Hummeldumm, Tommy Jaud (audio)
Die Tribute von Panem 1. Tödliche Spiele, Suzanne Collins (audio)
Die geliehene Zeit: Band 2 der Highland-Saga, Diana Gabaldon
Die Tribute von Panem 2. Gefährliche Liebe, Suzanne Collins (audio)
Die Tribute von Panem 3. Flammender Zorn, Suzanne Collins (audio)
Tausend strahlende Sonnen, Khaled Hosseini
Amokspiel, Sebastian Fitzek (audio)