Black Forest

We hiked in the Black Forest today. We saw 4 snakes but could only take a picture of the smallest one...the bigger ones disappeared quickly into the grass. We had a picnic in the ruins of a small fort and, at the end, a huge piece of Black Forest cake in a coffee house.

KISS in Zuerich

Husband's childhood dream was to talk to Gene Simmons and by talking I mean really talk, not just a quick "hello" or "I liked the show".

It took him a few years to actually fulfill this dream but few days ago he went to the Kiss concert in Zuerich, picked up his backstage pass and - had an actual conversation with Gene Simmons.

According to husband, this concert was the VERY, VERY best he ever attended and he has been walking on cloud nine ever since. The bass guitar in the first two pictures? Yep, that belongs to him now...because it is an "actual piece of art" and it is axe shaped and it is something we really needed!

Hmmmm.

Scorpions

Part of our family is into feeding seals, the other part is into heavier things...like the Scorpions!

Husband, son and his buddy with Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker.

And a very, very friendly Matthias Jabs:

Better get them into the right kind of music from a very early age on...

Party At The Zoo!

This year, daughter celebrated her birthday party at the zoo. She invited 11 friends and her godmother (who is the only person patient enough to deal with 12 little, excited girls) to get to know some snakes and Australian lizards closer. A lot closer. She also got to feed the fish and seals. The seals even "sang" "Happy Birthday" to her!

Birthday!

There were lots of packages, a ballon pig, maccarons and a kick scooter (just in case she needs to go to church again and we are not here to drive her...:) )

Off-Time

Whenever my colleagues and I have some time in between domestic flights, we will sit in our freshly cleaned plane, drink a cup of tea and eat some chocolate. We will read magazines and talk and just enjoy the quiet before the passengers board for our next flight...

And this is what husband and his colleagues do when they have a few hours off: They will jump in a jeep and and enjoy an entirely different kind of peace and quiet...