I love being in nature and sitting on one of the benches provided for hikers and enjoying a beautiful view

I enjoy spending time with friends and learning about new people and the different ways people 'do' their lives.

I don't like sweet things, cakes and chocolate very much, - and I can usually still find chocolate from last Easter or Christmas in my cupboard.

I love salad, vegetables (preferably green vegetables) and salty, hot or spicy things.

Ich gehe gern wandern und liebe es oben vom Berg eine wunderschöne Aussicht zu genießen. Ich wandere gerne gemeinsam mit anderen oder mit einre Wandergruppe. Und ich gehe auch sehr gerne alleine. Dann kann ich wirklich im Hier und Jetzt und bei mir selbst sein, und oft kommen mir dabei gut Ideen.

I don't have a car and ride a bike when it's too far to walk, or I use public transport. I like long train rides (great for tele-vision, i.e. seeing what is further away!) and I feel: 'Why fly when you can take the train?'

I love colors and my favorites are turquoise, greens and blues, including purple and lilac, but also warm yellows. And beautiful shades of brown. Or a deep red in the appropriate place. 

I like to sing and play the lyre (or try to learn and teach myself).

My TV is my window with a view of the sky, trees and mountains with a constantly changing program of light, weather and seasons. I like to watch the global disaster news in a well-dosed and selected manner.

I love to watch plants grow and know many by name in German, English and Latin. As a child I wanted to be a botanist and I almost always had an 'adopted garden' to take care of.

Roses should have a scent, not just look beautiful. In general, I love fragrant flowers.

I am fascinated by development and non-verbal communication in people, animals and plants in the garden, on the balcony, in the wild.

Als Teenager interessierte ich mich für emotionale und psychische Entwicklung und hatte ein starkes Verantwortungsgefühl für meinen kleinen Bruder.

Meine beiden Großmütter wuchsen mit geschiedenen Eltern auf, – 1902 und 1910. Unglaublich!  Das muß man sich mal versuchen vorzustellen!

Recycled and 'stuff that's nothing yet' are some of the best play materials because you can do a lot more with them than with store-bought ones. Because those are made for specific play purposes, and rarely to expand the creativity of the child.

One of my earliest memories is before I could speak on my mother's arm in the stairwell: big excitement because another child had locked themselves in the bathroom! With the key. But the key did not fit under the door. What now?

My left eye is my stronger eye, although it is much weaker than my right eye, which is much more sensitive to light and closes quickly as soon as it is too bright.

I love cats and would love to have one or 2 cats. But unfortunately I am not allowed to have pets in my apartment.

I am very aware that I am only a 'guest on earth' for a time and in order to be happy I don't have to have or own many things, such as a car, house, TV, ....