Summer feeling

Sometimes project work has a bright side. For example if you can take a swim in the Mediterranean Sea after work and have dinner on the beach. :)

Dinner by the river

It has been a long time since I have been to Budapest the last time, far befor the wall came down. It is a very nice city along the river Danube and you can feel the grandess of the former Austrian-Hungarian empire.

Wednesday we were dining on the river with a spectacular view on the castle on the Buda side.

Hiking in the Appalachian Mountains

Finally the Summer has arrived, at least for me. We have 26 degree celsius here in South Carolina. Sunday I had a bit of time to hike in the Appalachians, climbing up the table rock mountain. The picture is taken on the way down, there are lots of scenic waterfalls and the path is partly leading through dense shrubs of rhododendron looking a bit like in the jungle. Must be even nicer during blossom. The week will be full of work, but we are looking forward for a great bbq on the farm of a colleague on Wednesday.

Miss my two beloved ones, cannot wait to see them again.

Christmas in Vienna

My last week far from home comes to an end, before a new era starts in our life.

Therefore Vienna is a nice place with all its Christmas markets around the town.

Holiday in Taiwan and South Korea

Astrid and me had a wonderful trip to Taiwan and South Korea. It was short but impressive. Plus I met some friends from university in Seoul which I had not seen in a decade.

Traditional pagoda in the central mountains of Taiwan

Delicious food at the Sun Moon lake

Impressive newly build temple in the central Taiwan mountains, a nice mixture between traditional gold...

...and colorful architecture...

...with a massive buddha overlooking the valley.

The central mountain range with its steep and narrow roads.

Sometimes you could not even see the roads in the middle of the jungle.

A bit of trekking along the way.

Back to South Korea. We had a 2 day stop-over only, but it was enough time to visit again some places like the Shinchon area, the Sogang university and some temples in the city center.

Traditional Korean architecture

Asians do not build houses, they build cities. Coming soon...

Dawn of the day

I haven't seen such a wonderful sunrise very often, beginning a new day passing the Himalaja on a flight towards Thailand.

Ko Samui

The last Weekend in Singapore we Tool a flight to Ko Samui, a nice island on the west coast of Thailand.

Perfect summer weather, beaches, Jet Ski, elephant ride, waterfalls, there was more than enough to See for a weekend.




The big Buddha of Samui



Elephant Ride





The Long pool in our resort



Our Beach Villa

Asia

Leaving bitterly cold Germany I left to Singapore on the 8th January to work for a Dutch client for almost 3 weeks rolling out and training a planning software.

The City itself is magnificent and as every Asian capital an impressing contrast to any German city.











The first weekend I enjoyed the 30° temperature and sun on Sentosa island beach in Singapore.



This weekend my collegue and me went to Bukit Lawang near Medan on Sumatra island (Indonesia) for some Jungle trekking. It was amazing to experience this scenery and see wild monkeys, gibbons and orang-utans in their natural environment.

New York City

New York City, always a place to spend time. But this time I prefered hiking in the mountains over the city and just spend one afternoon/evening in NYC.







View from New Jersey on Manhattan.



Times Square

College Football - The Scarlet Knights from Rutgers

One evening we went to a football match of the college league. The Scarlet Knights from Rutgers university were playing versus University of Florida.

A Walk in the Woods - my steps on the Appalachian Trail (New York State)

In November I have been to the US for another training. 2 weeks in Parsippany, half an hour east of New York City.

The first weekend I used to go hiking the Appalachian trail. I choose the section in the Bear Mountain and Harriman State Park, the oldest part of the trail.





The Bear Mountain bridge crossing the Hudson River

















The Lemon Squeezer

Mexico

The fourth and last country of the South America trip was Mexico.



Mexico - a country of...



...the Beatle,...



...Mariachis,...



...tequila - planted...



...and the final liquid (here served with lemon and tomatoe juice),...



...chili,...



...colorful dancers,...



...and the former historic center of South America:...



...The old city of Teotihuacan.