A weekend in Prague

Prague is a beautiful city - the buildings old and stuning - a giant castle and impressive coffee houses (here the Savoy), even better all the beer halls. Unfortunately the weather was really really bad - one day it poured nonstop, the other days it was cold (10C in mid May!). But we had great hosts (thank you again!) and a good time! The weather is another reason to come back and see the city in the sunshine ;-)

At night we had the chance to walk over the Charles Bridge without any tourists and the dinner at SaSaSu was a delicious experience.

Stop by in Pilsen

On our drive back from Prague we stopped in Pilsen - were they brew the famous beer (here the historic entrance gate to the brewery). We saw one of the largest synagogues in the world and climbed the highest church tower of the Czech Republic (over 100meters high) to get a better view over the nice town.

A perfect weekend in Munich!

We spent a perfect weekend in Munich!

A great host - thank you Gesche - a perfect beergarten and sightseeing day (with live Blasmusik near the Chinese Tower and some braveheart surfers in downtown) - a nice run (along the Olympic Park) and a beautiful wedding and farewell party from Silvi and Cliff. All the best and have a great move to New Jersey - we will hopefully see you there ;-)

Vitra Design House

In Weil am Rhein (next to the Swiss/French border) you find an amazing house full of beautifully designed furniture....you can walk thru and even make a wish list online....if you can afford it you order it staight away....we decided to just check the pieces out and get some new ideas ;-)

Detroit Expat Ski Weekend in Austria

The old group finally got together for a fun weekend in Kuehtai, Austria. After an adventurous trip (some of us got stuck in the snow others "lost" their back window of the car!) we enjoyed the reunion with good food and drinks, awesome weather and fresh powder skiing!

The floor party after skiing in our little "alm" was little bit like in old times at university ;-)

By the second day the group of active skiers got smaller due to some minor injuries/colds etc. but the fresh powder that we got overnight gave us a perfect season finale.

Thank you all for coming and we are looking forward to meet the group again - see you all 4th July!

Goal for the SG Kaufer in 2010 - Athens Marathon

Today I signed up for THE race in 2010 - the Athens classic marathon.

It will be the 2500 year anniversary of the original first run of Phidippides (490 B.C.). The course is tough so just make it from Marathon to Athens into the old Olympic Stadium is the goal!