Halloween is here. After two years of reduced Corona festivities we had an office party where all dressed up. My choice to go was as a Plague Doctor – kind of fitting after the pandemic. Plague doctors were m…

Before saying Good Bye to the Germans we attended one more American thing to do – a NBA game. We got tickets for the Memphis Grizzlies vs. our own Sacramento Kings. This basketball game was a first for all my v…

After spending the night in Santa Cruz my German visitors, my son and I drove to Monterey to have a visit of the Bay Aquarium. I already got my katas as well as push/ sit ups in on the hotel room floor before the…

11th California International Marathon in the books. A little over a week after I had pulled up with my hamstring issue during the annual Thanksgiving Run to Feed the Hungry, I decided I’d give the CIM a try w…

This last weekend we went to Santa Cruz and later on to Monterey. Both René and Nick are vivid kite surfers and wanted to get a peek at the Californian surfer scene. What better place than Santa Cruz? So, in the…