Saturday = Sports Day

This Saturday was sports day - while Ronja could not yet be signed in a race she ran around and around in the stadium while her grandparents sucessfully mastered their first nordic walking competition ever and mom ran a very hilly half marathon thru the woods and vineyards - happy running for everybody!

Wine and Biking...

The grapes are growing and the weather still good - so after a nice bike ride with the Wex-Family we enjoyed a few glasses of our local wine in the traditional "Besen" (temporary open vineyard restaurants)

Jupp's 40th Birthday Hike and Bike Weekend

The big 40 - and we celebrated it in front of a beautiful mountain - with a weekend full of biking and hiking activities in Lermoos, Austria

Esslinger Zeitungslauf 2012

While the kids had a rainy run (see Ronja's blog) the adults were more lucky with a sunny and warm 10k course thru the medieval roads of Esslingen. With a PR (48:09min - age group 2nd) an unexpected good run! The Kaufer and Lohr families enjoyed the fast day together including a BBQ and finisher beer at our house ;-)

Zugspitze - Mountain Holidays

What a view out of our hotel room for 5 nights - Germanys highest mountain "Zugspitze" seen from the Austrian side - we enjoyed the area with plenty of Mountain Sports (Biking, Hiking, Swimming, Trail running, Roller Skiing, a bit of Boating and Golfing) in perfect weather- as well as delicious food and good traditional dresses ;-)

This elk somehow got lost in the meadow - he was as surprised as we were!!!

Switzerland weekend with the Detroit Gang

This year the summer reunion of our friends happened in Switzerland. The weather was a bit wet - but who cares! We had lots of fun hiking, discover Heidiland, celebrate soccer - thanks for organizing dear Ottenbachers - looking already forward to the next trip! (see more pics of the kids on Ronja's blog)