Matti is born

On second January Matti made it almost in time. Since then drinking, sleeping and grimacing are his favorite activities. Since Sunday we are all at home. So far he is very uncomplicated, sleeping a lot between feedings. It's a lot fun and we are improving pit stop times every day.

Happy New Year

He did not want to be a 2012 edition, we are still waiting for the little boy.

So Happy New Year from Astrid and me, Lea and Benni, Ray, Amurat and Dublin. May all your wishes for 2013 come true.

First snow this season

We've got the first snow this season. The horses love it. Ray is a bit cautious, but Amurat does not take care and loves to gallop over the fields. Hope we'll get more snow when I am on vacation in Jan.

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.

Dublin - the most beautiful foal in the world

Ray got a foal this year. Here we see 2 months old Dublin with his mother. What a beautiful couple.

Ray of Light and her foal Dublin

Summer toys

Mountain biking, carriage riding, cayaking the Eder lake and river, that's what a summer at home can offer. Truly wonderful!

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.

Winter holiday

As the winter had a tight grip on Germany til last week we decided to stay in Hesse at Astrids family for our winter holiday.

It was the week of karneval whis more a tractor show here. ;-)

We went skiing in Willingen and had fun with our horses, the dogs and the new 4-wheel drive Volvo.









On our way home to Mannheim Astrid started this year's dressage tournament season with a good placement.



Next week I will be in Bangkok for 3 days.

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