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While I have always been privileged to turn my passion into my profession, I am also backed by a wonderful family and enjoy a lot of time outdoors and in sporting events. After my childhood and student time in Germany, I have lived in several countries, including the USA, New Zealand, and the UK. In 2010 I moved with my family to tropical far north Queensland (Australia) to find the best possible work-life balance.

Children

Darwin was born on August 7, 2004. Here is a video of him from the time when he went to pre-school in Cupertino.

Ruby was born on July 11, 2007. This video shows her "reading" a book in "German".

Additional family & house pictures can be found in my Flickr Stream.

Hobbies

Life in the tropics allows me to spend a lot of time outdoors. I am trying to find enough time to go out on my mountain bike and do hikes in the forests around my home.

I also enjoy playing table tennis, and played for various clubs in Germany and now in Cairns. While my style of playing is not very esthetic, I used to play reasonably successful when I was younger (Verbandsliga level in Germany). There is a Youtube video of me in action. My current ranking in Queensland is somewhere here.

I enjoy listening to various kinds of music, but often listen to electronic ambient music by Klaus Schulze, Steve Roach and Twice a Man.

Traveling

Before we had kids, I did a lot of longish bike/hike/camping tours through several countries around the world. Here are some of my trips:

1996: Cycling from Ulm (Germany) to Marseille (France)
1997: Cycling and hiking in New Zealand
1998: Cycling and hiking in Tasmania, Victoria and NSW (Australia)
1999: Cycling from Salt Lake City to Tucson (USA)
2000: Cycling in Nova Scotia, New Foundland and Labrador (Canada)
2001: Cycling and bushwalking in NSW and Queensland (Australia)
2001: Cycling and eating pizza in Tuscany (Italy)
2002: Cycling and drinking red wine in Corsica (France)
2002: Cycling and bushwalking between Perth and Albany (Western Australia)
2003: Hiking in New Zealand (North Island)
2003: Hiking in Northern California and Oregon (USA)
2011: Cycling from Cairns to Cooktown along Bloomfield Track

Here is a random collection of images from those trips

Kepler Track, New Zealand (1997)

Cycling along Lake Hawea, New Zealand (1997)

Mountain Biking along Poison Spider Mesa Trail, Moab, Utah (1999)

On the rim of Crater Lake, Oregon (2003)

Near Taylor Point, Trinity Beach, Queensland (2005)