Off to Germany
Friends of mine, Birger and Josi got married on the 19th August, so we decided to take a little trip to Germany.It was a very nice wedding, especially the games. In Germany it is customary to have...
View ArticleKate's Birthday Trip to Budapest
It was Kate's 28th birthday on October 4th.We decided to celebrate by going to Budapest for the weekend. Oh, what a treat... Just me and three wonderful ladies, Kate, Sophie and Kym. I was so excited,...
View ArticleThe Big Three-Oh
Oh what a birthday! But let's start from beginning. We decided to have a houseparty and prepare all the food ourselves. So we registered with Sainsbury's online and made a big shopping list to be...
View ArticleChristmas and New Year
Christmastime is a great time. The company I am working for, Actix, decided to have this year's Christmas party at the London zoo. Some of the people actually dressed up in animal themes costumes for...
View ArticleWaterpolo in Cambridge
In January my friend Alex from Germany invited Kate and I to come and meet her in Cambridge, where she and her team mates were holding a water polo game. We got there in the morning and the weather was...
View ArticleSnowboarding, moving, skiing
In late January I went to Washington to meet up with the development team there. To make good use of the time, Simon invited me to come along snowboarding in West Virginia. As I didn't have any gear I...
View ArticleEaster and May Bank Holiday Weekend
For Easter this year we decided to stay home instead of going to Germany, because I didn't manage to book any flights earlier and it was too expensive. On the Saturday was the famous Boat Race, so we...
View ArticleMy parent's house turns 10
My mom always wanted to have a party during the summer time, so she took the ten year anniversary of the house as a good one. Kate and I booked a couple of flights for an extended weekend in Feldberg....
View ArticleBecoming a Skydiver
On 4th August, after weeks of waiting for good weather, I finally got my birthday present! Kate and I got up very early in the morning to catch a train to Princes Risborough. Unfortunately we went to...
View ArticleA Trip to Feldberg in late August
It was about time for us to take a break from the busy city life.We decided to make it simple and visit my folks in Feldberg, Germany.We went canoeing with my folks on Saturday. Fledberg is a great...
View ArticleSnowboarding in Obergurgl
My sister, Urte, invited me and Kate to go snowboarding with her and her boyfriend, Marvin.I had a few holidays left that I could not carry over into the new year and how could I refuse anyways....
View ArticleChristmas 2007
Kate and I decided to spend Christmas in London this year.On the 22nd we had a little Christmas dinner with our house mate, Gareth, and some colleagues from work, Jarkko, his girlfriend Tina and a...
View ArticlePico-Terabox - Maybe the smallest 1TB server?
For a while now I have been meaning to get on of these tiny Pico-ITX boards and build a little server with it.I wanted at least 1TB of diskspace and I wanted it to be small.I ordered the Pico-ITX a...
View ArticleCross Country Skiing in the Czech Republic
This is becoming a family tradition.For the past years we have been going cross country skiingin the Czech Republic. And so far we have been fortunate to have had plenty or at least sufficient amount...
View ArticleSnowboarding in Obergurgl
Only a week after we got back from our trip to the Czech republic we took off again to go snowboarding in Obergurgl.Kate booked us a hotel right next to the slopes in Hochgurgl. We flew out to...
View ArticleIndoor Skydiving at Airkix
Kate got me 10 minutes of indoor skydiving for my birthdaylast December, and we finally found the time to do it. We both took the train to Milton Keynes, Kate wanted to do some indoor skiing there and...
View ArticleWeekend in Wales
Kym, Sophie, Kate and I decided to spend the May Bank Holiday weekend in Wales.We left for Swansea on Friday. The place we stayed at for the night was a pub that rented outrooms. When we got there...
View ArticleSkydiving Lessons
After a little winter break it is time to fall out of planes again.I used the good old AFF student kit for my first two jumps this year.It has a big 280sqft canopy, so it was no problem getting back...
View ArticlePicking up a new Hobby
I went to my sister's 30th birthday a couple weeks ago.Besides having a great party we decided to go wakeboarding.It was to be my 3rd time. Marvin, Urte's boyfriend lent me his kiteboardand off we...
View ArticleTwo Eventful Months
I did more wakeboarding, almost twice a week since I got it.Unfortunately the bindings broke due to a material fault, but I got them replaced for some better ones.I am learning a few tricks like...
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