Winter, skiing and a trip to Leipzig

End of January, Victor and I returned to Bormio, Livigno, Isolaccia/ San Colombiano and Santa Caterina Valfurva for our skiing holiday. We had great snow, slopes nearly to ourselves and covered 100 km per day. 

San Colombiano

Happy skiers

Santa Caterina

Sun Valley

See you in Livigno!

Mid February, Viola - an exchange student from the US - and I went to my hometown Leipzig and I showed her the city center. We strolled through the passages, listened to music in St Thomas church and had dinner at my aunt’s place. 

Uniriese/ Wisdom tooth

Art Deco Style houses

Old City Hall

Enjoying breakfast at Café Riquet

Viola enjoying a Leipziger Lerche at Moritzbastei

Beginning of March, Victor and I joined the WinterCo on the Reiteralm - a week of skiing with alumni and friends. We had great sunny days, good snow and great food on and off the slopes. 

Back to Almdorf Reiteralm

my new skinny self

Alpine Mountain shopping - needed a new ski jacket

AAG Skiers

Getting slopes ready for another day of skiing

A Sunday later we finished the ski season at the Hohe Salve. Weather was great, the snow turned to slush during the day. 

Highest point of the day

Click here to see how the end of the season looked it the valley.

Travels are back - 2021 - Part II

In November, I attended finally the first in-person event of AIESEC Alumni after it was postponed several times. I travelled to Mexico and spent several days with AIESEC friends at the Riviera Maya. 

At the end, Heidi and I headed to Cozumel where I learned diving. After a week on the island, good food and a lot of fish under water, we parted ways in Cancun.

Chris & Heidi

Raul - my diving instructor

Pool at Hacienda Boutique Mi Casa Tu Casa

I flew to Mexico City to visit another old friend. We relaxed, visited the Cathedral of the Virgen de Guadeloupe and a Frida Kahlo exposition. 

Excursion outside Mexico City

Frida Kahlo exposition

Early evening in San Angel

with Dani at the cathedral

La Virgen de Guadeloupe

Tuesday to Friday I visited clients with my colleague Irina in Mexico City, Saltillo and Monterrey and gave a presentation to the Automotive industry. On Friday, Dani brought me to the airport and it was time to fly home. 

Presenting at CLAUT in Monterrey

Monterrey from above 

Travels are back - 2021 - Part I

Corona made traveling impossible for over a year and then I was so fixed on the experiences that writing my travel blog took a back seat. Let me try to catch you up on my adventures since August 2021. 

It started with a trip to my grandma‘s in Eisenach, Thuringia. It was good to meet again after such a long time. 

Right after this, Victor and I spent a couple of days in the Malta valley in Carinthia, Austria. We drove along several high alpine roads, visited the marmots, tried archery and challenged each other clicking the best pictures at the Alpine Garden. 

Malta valley

High Alpine Road

Alpine flower

Marmots lunching on carrots

From Malta valley to Malta - the county. At the end of August, I boarded my first flight post-COVID to Valletta and kept the next days exploring the capital and the islands history. After weekend, I got myself a car and drove the next week always on the left side. 

Grand Harbor

Valletta

Fort St. Angelo

Fort St. Elmo

Saint on street corner

Lovely building

First to Gozo by ferry, where I swam every day in the Mediterranean and took a island round trip with lots of swimming stops and a sunburn. 

Salt pans

Blue Lagoon

Rock window on Comino island

Back to Malta Island I looked for the old temples and bays and beaches. 

Ancient temple

St. Peter's Pool - Jumping from rocks (not me!)

It was a great vacation and lifted my mood tremendously.

Frankfurt & Thuringia

Less than 24h after Bergamo, I headed to Frankfurt for a week of business conference, speaking and working from the Frankfurt office.

Tuesday and Wednesday, IHS Markit presented in the New Year's Briefing the latest outlook in the economy, materials and automotive.

Sustainability Panel

On Wednesday morning, I talked about the outlook of the truck market and production in Europe.

Presenting the outlook

More than 300 clients present

On Thursday and Friday, I worked from our office in Tower 185/ PwC-Tower. 

View from 18th floor over Frankfurt

For the weekend, I visited my grandma in Eisenach together with may brother and a little road trip around Thuringia and had a great view from the Great Inselsberg - one of the highest mountains in the state.

View from Great Inselsberg

Still winter in Thuringia

Grandma and Victor