Life is what’s happening…

when you are busy making other plans. Not sure who said this. I believe it was John Lennon. Anyway,  when we went to bed last night we were worried about waking up early due to the jet lag. However,  it wasn’t the jet lag that woke us at two in the morning but poor K…

Sydney 

We’ve made it to Sydney! It’s been a long trip. Fortunately the plane ride with Quantas was quite smooth. And despite the long, uncomfortable hours the kids were cooperative all along. In the early morning we arrived at Sydney airport. After some freshing up we joined the queue at immigration where even before setting one…

Hongkong 

We’ve arrived in Hongkong. My first time on Asian soil. Well, not really but it feels Asian anyway even though its just the transit zone. The flight was actually the best I’ve ever been on. Even though I did not sleep more than two hours I feel okay. The service was exceptional (Lufthansa, now I…

Ready for boarding

First take off from the new arm at Munich airport! Its quite some distance from check in but the kids loved  the train ride. The trains look like something from “iRobot”…

Down Under

With the kids being old enough now to really benefit from travel and not old enough yet to do so on their own and with friends we decided to take the opportunity this summer to head for “down under”. We will be flying to Sydney and from there travel on to Ayers Rock, Darwin, Cairns…

Wine tasting in Rheinhessen

This weekend I met a good friend in the wine region “Rheinhessen” where we spent a couple of days catching up and tasting the most German wines. We stayed in a small village called Flörsheim- Dalsheim. As the weather was nice and sunny we decided to hike through the vineyards all day Saturday. The leaves…