FAMILY FOTO SHOOTING

For Hanna it was kind of fun, to Marko it felt pretty awkward. Here are the results of our first ever family foto shooting. We leave it up to the reader to judge if it was worth $60.








Note to selves: Next time, no make-up, no dressing up, and especially no posing!!

THE SILENCE

of autumn evenings around Lake Como is astounding. A beautiful sunset, some sleepy ducks and a few late walkers ... - a peaceful picture ...



that was very suddenly interrupted when a cloud of birds lowered itself onto the lake - the geese had arrived! On their way from Canada to the South the decided to have a sleepover at Lake Como. Their landing was an impressive (and loud!) show that we watched in awe.

FRIDAYS ON CAMPUS

Enjoying the great views:





redecorating ...


and getting stuff done. This is the Bolivian-French/American-Chinese-Israeli-Austrian work group in action. Great group working on a not-so-great assignment.

FALLING FOR FALL

During these wonderful fall days, Samu spends a lot of time being carried around like this and checking leaves, people and lights.


We also showed him some of the pretty fall flowers ...




nice places to sit ...


as well as the neighborhood library (above) and Hanna's beloved and much admired absolutely all time favorite dream house (below).

FIRST OUTING

Fall is the perfect season to get out for the city and spend a weekend away from computers and cellphones, e.g. in Redwing. From Samu's perspective the first outing must have been wonderful: First, he got to take a long nap in the car.

When he woke up he arrived at this beautiful hotel with lots of new things and people to admire him and to stare at ...

but also with a lot of familiar people and things.


Then he got a loooot of attention and play time with Jenna and George.


What Samu didn't know: After he fell asleep the "wild" pool and sauna partying started. It was so good to hang out and celebrate with each other and friends (and a sleeping baby)!



On day 2 it was time for a hike - up the Barn Bluff.





Up there we enjoyed the great view ...

the wind ...

and a patriotic moment (for 3 of us).

Back in downtown Redwing it turned out that we had landed in Shoecity Central. And shoes they had - nice ones, and big ones!

The world's biggest boot


Shoemanic or not, Redwing is pretty.

As we learned, no fall trip to (nearby) Wisconsin is complete without visiting a cheese factory. We have to admit fresh cheese curds are indeed delicious!



Thanks for a great ruskaretki to our friends and comrades Jenna and George!