Our Christmas Letter 2008 in pictures:
Winter: picture from January 19, 2008. The first snow of last winter 2007/2008 showed up around Easter. Nevertheless, it has been a super Skiwinter.
I have been skiing again, as often as before my accident - I can not let it stop. Christian also enjoys the après ski in the "paradise" on top of the Hochjoch (Montafon).
Carnival season only lasted 5 weeks - we still it extensively celebrated our events . Ulrike had to leave for work right before we took that picture - that´s why she is not there.
March 2008: a business trip to Barcelona (Spain). A highly interesting city with many miles of beaches, I willl have to return some day for vacation.
Spring (picture from April 4th, 2008): View from the harbour towards the mountains.
May 2008: My birthday celebration
Summer (picture dated 11 June 2008)
May 2008: Immenstaad Love Parade
June 2008: Like in the past 30 years: Cesenatico (Italy) again, this time with Daniel, Isabel, Sophie and Isabel's parents Helga and Hans-Joerg. I liked that old picture...(taken in the early years of the past century)
Now you know why our team at the European Championship was so successful...
Have you ever tried that? That´s called a Segway and is a great experience - except that it costs some 6000 € in Germany and it is not possible to get that registered in Germany (I assume no room for a licence plate, so German Bureaucracy kills it). It runs almost 20 mph and is steered just by leaning into the direction you want to go. There are rental places in most large cities - I just could´nt pass by one of those...
Before the finals of the European Soccer Championship everything still looked okay ...
What do you think about my new car? A 59 Corvette...
"Rent a Dream Car" makes a dream possible. The music of the 8-cylinder is unforgettable ...
During a business trip to Houston, I had to visit the NASA Johnson Space Center of NASA. It has always been my dream, to see the originals from the early days of men in space.
We extended our trip to Houston to see some more of the southern states, e.g. New Orleans, Miami and the Everglades.
Resumé: The steaks in Texas are the best, but nothing can beat Southern California.
Like every year: A visit to my mother (meanwhile 90 years old) in Westerwald where I grow up.
All of a sudden my son Daniel complained "Dady, we have been living here at the biggest lake of Central Europe fpr more than 20 years and we are just doing swimming, that cannot be all ..."
Consequentially the next familiy project - boating - started: Theory lessons during winter; practice and exams during summer - we are now holding all licenses for our lake. Next project is something with an 8-cylinder in the back....(guess what?)
You recognize this bearded sailor....?
Right before the motor boat exam...
Isabel doing full speed, you can see our village of Immenstaad in the background.
Autumn (picture from October 5, 2008)
September and October are the months of the German beer festivals: Munich Octoberfest, Stuttgart (Cannstatter Wasen) and the Octoberfest Constance
November 2008: the airspace of the airport Friedrichshafen has been closed to allow us to fly our model jets: You see the Jet world champion Thomas Gleißner in action, the model is about 10 ft wide and weighs almost 50 ponds. This year I have started flying model helicopters - with modern electronics with gyro stabilization that is no longer a problem and great fun.
