"I am a New Yorker!"

Today is September 11.
New York, I love you.

This summer

What?! My last post was in April?? Somehow I missed to write during the summer... No big trips, no big adventures. Though still some small ones...

Let's start with my parents visit. They stayed for almost three weeks and we all survived (ha,ha). We even had really good times together! Especially in NYC! 

We took the ferry to Ellis Island. Oh, this amazing skyline... 

We had jazz brunch at Blue Note and walked through SoHo. 

We even visited Cloisters (the first time for us!). 

There always is something to discover in NYC. 

My parents also made it to Princeton this time. 

Of course, we enjoyed a lot of good food together. My dads favorite are (as usual): 

Olafs barbecue and the boardwalk restaurant at our lake. 

And then they were gone. But we should see them soon...

For our son the highlight of this sumer (and year!) was the Fifa world cup. I think I didn't watch as much soccer in my 46 years together as I watched in those four weeks. And with the German team playing in the final game (and winning the world cup!) we had to host soccer party at our house. With traditional German food. 

What an event!

What else?

Jakob went with the scouts to Rhode Island for one week. We picked him up there and took the opportunity to see Providence and Newport during the Jazz weekend. 

In August our good friends moved to LA. Strange to be the one left behind... Usually it's us who are moving...(Though now we finally have a reason to go to LA soon!)

As every year we flew to Germany to visit our family and friends. 

That was this summer! But it's not over yet, though Jakob is back to school. There still may be one trip more ! We will see...