At the end of October we spent a few days in Southeast Switzerland with Sander, mostly around the Flims and St. Moritz areas. We were extremely lucky with the weather -- perfectly clear skies with zero wind throughout the whole trip. The Swiss landscapes really popped out in this weather, enjoy the photos :-) Read more 28 Oct 2016 - less than 1 minute read
At the beginning of September I spent some ten days in New Delhi, India. Primarily the reason for the trip was to attend VLDB 2016; in addition, as usual, whenever I could I went to explore and learn more about the local culture and life. It was my first time in India and the whole experience was, not counting the super hot weather, very exciting and fun! Read more 16 Sep 2016 - 5 minute read
Lofoten here we come! Starting with driving from Trondheim to Lofoten we will not miss the mountain with a hole through it. On the way, it turned out that they just decided to refactor the whole road network of Norway.. or at least whereever we drove. The only road to the mountain was closed, while they were blasting tunnels, so we had to change plans. Read more 28 Jul 2016 - 2 minute read
Most of the time Bremen, a major city in Northern Germany, is gray and flat. The 18% gray card is a perfect description of the typical Bremen sky mood ;-) But then when the sky clears up and the sun does come out... Read more 24 Mar 2016 - 1 minute read
The Ginza district is considered the high fashion center of Tokyo, hosting numerous prestigious luxury stores, galleries, restaurants, night clubs. E.g. Sukiyabashi Jiro, a Michelin three-star sushi restaurant featured in the "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" documentary Read more 19 Mar 2016 - less than 1 minute read