Smaku&BIK: 2024 Holiday Cyber Card

As we approach the end of 2024, we want to share some highlights from our year. This post captures the significant events and moments we've experienced over the past twelve months.

January: We celebrated Urs' birthday with a trip to a Mexican restaurant. Additionally, we joined the Nos' in celebrating their 25 years in southern Germany.

Andrea, Michael, Radley and Tenten in Nußloch

Celebrating Urs' Birthday

February: Michael and Andrea attended a performance by Salut Salon in Frankfurt and visited the Palm Garden. Kathryn accompanied Urs to Düsseldorf to get a tattoo!

Michael and Andrea in the Palm Garden of Frankfurt

Urs in Düsseldorf

Kathryn also in Düsseldorf

March: Michael and Andrea spent a weekend at Alpenfestung in Switzerland. We celebrated Kathryn's birthday and hosted our niece Kristina, who was studying in Paris, for a visit. Kathryn was in Freiburg making a presentation about her master's thesis.

Andrea and Michael

Andrea and Michael in Switzerland

Kathryn, Kristina, Urs, and Michael in Heidelberg

Kristina, Urs, and Michael at Heidelberg Castle

Urs, Michael and Kristina at Schwetzingen Palace

April: During Kristina's spring break, we met Dave and Kim in Strasbourg for a weekend. They later visited Urs in Stammheim, where he was setting up his new apartment after starting a job with Studio Soi. Andrea also spent a weekend with her work colleagues.

Andrea Kathryn, Urs, and Michael playing Wingspan

Andrea, Kristina, Dave, Kim, and Michael in Strasbourg

Dave, Kristina, Kim, Andrea, and Michael in Strasbourg

May: May was a month spent mostly at home, meeting with friends.

Kathryn and Michael in Nußloch

Michael, Tobias, Jen, and Andrea in the Battle Barn

Michael, Urs, and Andrea in Stuttgart

June: Michael made his first work trip to Sofia, Bulgaria. We visited Urs in Stammheim and went on a bike tour to Ludwigsburg.

Peter, Kathrin, Michael, Stefan, and Andrea in Nußloch

Michael Grilling in Nußloch

Michael, Andrea, and Urs in Ludwigsburg

Michael in Sofia

July: We visited Andrea's childhood friend, Frank, and his husband in Altmühltal for a weekend and enjoyed bike tours.

Michael, Andrea, Frank, and Carter in Altmühltal

Andrea and Anke on the Blossom Way

Tenten in our Garden

August: We took a family vacation to Peterhead, Scotland, to explore Andrea's father's ancestral roots. This was a family gathering before Kathryn left for Guam, where she continued working on her master's thesis.

A Happy Crew

The Family in Peterhead

The Family at Spey Bay

Dorle and Andrea in Nußloch

September: Michael spent a weekend gaming with a friend in Belgium. Andrea got a tattoo, and Kathryn bought her first car. Kathryn defended her thesis remotely and graduated with her master's degree. Urs visited a friend in Denmark.

Multara and Urs in Denmark

Michael in Gedinne, Belgium

Andrea and Radley

Andrea's New Tattoo

Kathryn in Guam with New Car

October: We planned to spend a week in Mengerskirchen walking dogs, but had to cut the trip short due to Covid. We also said goodbye to our pet, Tenten.

Radley in Mengerskirchen

Kathryn and J-Mae in Guam

November: Michael returned to Bulgaria for work. And some of his Bulgarian colleagues visited Walldorf as well. Unfortunately, our home was broken into, and some jewelry was stolen. We celebrated Thanksgiving with our SAP family.

Michael at the Bulgarian Christmas Market (Adi, Prasi, Aneta, Martin, Nikola, Geri, and Ani)

Prasi, Michael, Martin, and Valentin in Downtown Sofia

Michael at the Alexander Nevsky Church

Michael, Andrea, and Nadia in the Heidelberg Cable Car

Sven, Stefanie, Nikolai, Angel, and Michael in Schwetzingen

Carol, Sabrina, Urs, Vickie, and Andrea at the Grill Hut in Nußloch

December: We spent a weekend in Freiburg. Michael attended the SAP Christmas party, marking the departure of 3500 employees from SAP Germany. We are spending Christmas with Urs, who will stay with us until the New Year.