treasure every experience
We had to get up at 2.15 a.m. in order to reach our flight from Zurich to Hurghada, which led to Matthias transforming into the rare species of “Neinhorn” (see picture below): We had a lovely experience at the Zurich airport – just breezing through …
Before getting married in May 2014 we decided we wanted to experience something special for our honeymoon. Humpback whales. We thus delayed our honeymoon until the end of January to coincide with the Humpback mating season at the Silver Banks, approximately 100km north of the …
We flew into the notorious city of Johannesburg, half expecting to be robbed and murdered on arrival. Headlines and crime statistics often paint South Africa as a death trap but fortunately this is not the case. Of course, like in any major city, there are …
Diving at the beautiful Zugersee with Mani 🙂Awesome surface photos by Manfred Gleichweit.
My mother took a break from sailing the high seas of Lake Balaton to visit the mountains of Vorarlberg and – thankfully – me 🤗. I’d like to take the chance here to say: Thank you so much for all the happy memories and the …
Well, Covid19 has calmed down enough to allow (local) cross-border travelling, pilot licenses were renewed last minute and our new dry suits have been delivered. Time to go diving 😎. While Matt was busy with his side mount course, I took a serious look at …
Airports are closed (no general aviation), borders are closed (no diving in Switzerland) and one is supposed to stay at home as much as possible. Welcome to the Corona virus pandemic. On the plus side, plenty of time to experiment with my new sewing machine …
I don’t like the cold. Never have. In central Europe, the lakes have about 4-6°C water temperature in winter. Which classifies as fucking cold. So why would you want to go diving in one? Well…good question. For a long time, I didn’t want to. Dark, …
Afin de pratiquer le français, j’ai traduit mon récit de voyage d’Égypte. J’espère que c’est au moins comprehensible 😉 Nous avons dû nous lever à 2.15 le matin pour attrapper notre vol de Zurich à Hurghada. Par conséquent Matthias s’est transformé en une espèce rare, …
Yeah, I know – another coat! But I swear, I have a perfectly good reason. I love the Loden coat I made. After all, it took me about 4 other coats to arrive at its final design. The material – Loden – is very durable …
After finishing my blanket-to-wear, otherwise known as a faux fur coat, my husband decided he wanted one as well. After all, winters can be f… cold here. Still traumatized from fighting the faux-fur-wars with my sewing machine, I did a lot of complaining about all …
We had to get up at 2.15 a.m. in order to reach our flight from Zurich to Hurghada, which led to Matthias transforming into the rare species of “Neinhorn” (see picture below): We had a lovely experience at the Zurich airport – just breezing through …
we went early summer – still lots of snow because the weather had been so bad. Oh, the sunburn that I got on these snow fields! Was a great day though – and we made it safely to the top despite the conditions.
here are a few picuteres of our 4 cats – trust me I have thousands of pictures (I honestly don’t think this is exaggereated)
So this must have been one of the most amazing experiences I ever had while hiking. Matthias had been in the area (Beverin Natural Reserve) before, and had told me about all the animals he had seen on the way up, among them lots of …
I wanted a warm coat for winter, but with the fake fur inside to make it less pretentious. Outer fabric is wool with a hint of cashmere (Anita Pavani, again), lining made of Black Softee faux fur from fauxthrow.com (in the UK). Cut adapted from …
I think I deserve a medal for being so damn housewively – I made my husband a coat! Outer material heavy black Loden fabric, lining black viscose fabric (both from Anita Pavani – I’m nothing if not consistent with my shopping habits).
As you can see, I do sometimes (ok rarely) sew something other than coats. Mostly dresses because I refuse to sew stuff that I can buy for a few Euros at H&M (honestly, just not worth the effort). I will only resort to sewing if …
Made from heavy Loden fabric from Anita Pavani; cut adjusted from original princess coat pattern (see Alpaka coat).
made from grey faux fur and black lining, also has a removable hoodie (not pictured), no zipper (unlike the black faux fur coat) but little, hidden hooks to close it.
The second coat I made (still double breasted – sigh); outer material made of wool (very special wool from Anita Pavani – I think that may be where the addiction started), lining black viscose. Adapted from a Burda pattern (long wool coat).
One of the first coats I made (hold on, it’s the first); outer material walk (wool), lining some kind of dark blue/silver viscose blend, and has buttons (obviously). I only found out after I made two coats like this (yeah, I’m not usually this slow), …
Last August, we flew to Corsica for a couple of days. Our plane was one of the DA40s at Altenrhein. Originally, the goal was to fly to Corsica’s Figari du Sud airport, but they were out of parking space for airplanes. So, we decided to …
Above a thick cloud cover, we flew into Dole airport, which is situated close to Tavaux. Unfortunately the rental car we booked (ok somebody thought he had booked it but the confirmation never came) wasn’t available so we got around by taxi (don’t do, quite …
Plane: DA40, Airport of departure: Altenrhein LSZR, Airport of destination: Györ LHPR, flight rules: IFR. We had a lovely time visiting my mother at Balaton lake. The area is so beautiful and she’s a fantastic cook (so we were basically spoilt rotten)! We also made …
Plane: DA40, Airport of departure: Altenrhein LSZR, Airport of destination: Salzburg LOWS, flight rules: IFR
flight to Nancy in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions), meaning you only see the water moving over your cockpit window and lots of gray stuff otherwise known as clouds. Also strong winds on landing. The city is very beautiful with a rather southern flair despite its …
overnight trip with Clare including a visit to a butterfly farm 🙂 Plane: Cessna 172 (DEPME), Airport of departure: Hohenems LOIH, Airport of destination: Colmar LFGA, flight rules: IFR (Z-flightplan)
Here are a few pictures of our night VFR flights (rating Feb 2018). To read more about getting the night VFR rating please see instrument rating.
Strasbourg two-day trip with Jing and Clare 🙂 Plane: Piper Archer 28 (DERSS), Airport of departure: Hohenems LOIH, Airport of destination: Strasbourg LFST, flight rules: VFR
Plane: Cessna 172 (DEPME), Airport of departure: Hohenems LOIH, Airport of destination: Portoroz LJPZ, flight rules: VFR
