Focus ANIMALISTIC!
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A Change of Perspective.

What a coincidence! On Wednesday morning, the new “brand eins” copy was in my post box – and in the afternoon, I welcomed Frau Fischer in Unterhaching, where she gave her great presentation (Vortrag): Keine Panik von Frau Fischer im IF-Forum” presentation  on panic.

As always, there was hardly any time for reading on the weekdays. But yesterday, Saturday night, after my return from the “Hachinger Sportpark”, with me feeling rather lowly because we had lost our first game of the season in the Third League against Wehen-Wiesbaden, I sought solace in the “ brand eins”.

Incidentally, the friend of ours you see on the cover page, too, looks like he had just returned from the soccer game.

In the August edition, the subject matter is “perspective”. Well, we of the Haching soccer fans, too, could do with some perspective! If you take a closer look, what the current edition (and also the Haching soccer team) is all about is a change of perspective.

But let me return to what I was going to talk about: the magazine…

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This is what it looks like from the bottom...

… so here is the solution to my Picture Puzzle (Bilderrätsels).

Of course, it is the great Olympic Jump (Olympia-Schanze) at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. For pictures of the time when it was under construction, webcams, etc. click here.

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to spend a few days in the “Zugspitz” area. On Sunday, there was an excellent guided tour near and on the Olympic jump.

I learned many interesting things about ski jumping and ski flying I had been ignorant about. And the jump fascinated me so much that I had to take a picture and wrap a picture puzzle around it.

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What do you see on this picture?

If you know the right answer, send an email to  me!

There is a small present waiting for the first three correct answers.

Here is a selection of what you can choose from:

• the huge orange and storm-proof IF umbrella,
• the book The Heretic Lupert Lay and How the Church Was a Failure or
• 1 packet of Supremo (gourmet coffee from Unterhaching)

Here is a clue: this piece of sports equipment has been photographed in Southern Germany.

The solution will be published in this blog two weeks from now!

RMD

(Translated by EG)

To be sure, we were a little sceptical as we got up this morning in the Loiane Hotel Pineta. The stunning view from the window of our room fascinated us. After all, we had had no opportunity to enjoy it last night, since we had arrived in darkness. Yet, it did not yet look like there was going to be too much sun, either.

Well – to sum it up in a few short words – the day turned out just wonderful. We rode 128 kilometres and all went like a dream. From breakfast to dinner.

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It was a good start of the day this morning at the TOSCANI DA SEMPRE in Pontassieve – with an excellent breakfast. Parma bacon with melons, small tomatoes, excellent cheese, all of it just tasting delicious. Since, however, the delicacies were not served before 8.30 a.m., we mounted our bikes as late as 10 o’ clock – and again it rained.

We had planned a lot. First we conquered a small pass to Vette le Croci (at an altitude of 536 metres), and then we went via Passo della Futa (923) and Passo della Raticosa (966) towards  Bologna. And shortly before Bologna, we were on the outlook for a nice place from which to start our fourth leg towards the river Po.

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We started on Friday. Immediately after the last InterFace meeting at noon, we were on our way to Innsbruck. We had an appointment with friends and partners for bobsledding in Igls. We met at the Bogner Guest House in Absam, where we also stayed overnight.

After mentally preparing for the event, we were picked up by the bus. On the way, we passed the Olympic ski-jump area. We parked at the end of the bobsled run. It looks like a silver lindworm snaking up the slope.

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Somehow or other, playing soccer is still great fun!

On February, 5th, we players of the SpVgg Unterhaching were invited to an indoor match at the Unterhaching Generali Sportarena. It was a true pleasure playing in one of Bavaria’s most beautiful and modern gymnasiums.

I was particularly happy for being permitted to play next to our “dinosaur” Ralf Bucher (on the picture, you see him right next to me).

The total result of Team BLUE was not too bad at all: we won twice, scored even once, and lost once. I shot three goals. In the end, it only sufficed for making us second best; the winner had the better relation of goals.

Many thanks to the organizers at SpVgg Unterhaching, especially Christian Romberg, for the huge success this evening was!
RMD
(Translated by EG)

P.S.
By the way: yours truly is the second from the left standing.

This, too, was one of our “Open Space Projects” last Friday at InterFace: a table football tournament in our new “kitchen”!

What you see here, however, is only a “friendly match” between an InterFace team and the all-star team of our guests from Manage&More.

After three minutes, the game ended 4:4. The unsatisfactory result was partly caused by grave deficiencies in the InterFace defence.

The most important conclusion of this sub-project was that we need to “acquire a football table for our Nurenberg office”.

Now I wonder if we can fulfil this wish.

RMD
(Translated by EG)

P.S.
The beautiful picture was taken by Michael Bormann. Many thanks for sending it!

In the summer holidays, InterFace AG sponsored the Sportlercamp 2009 in Unterhaching. All children who participated took home a t-shirt financed by our contribution to remind them of this nice event.

And yesterday, on Friday, September, 18th, I found a picture of the two people who initiated the sports camp, Helene Neugebauer and Sabrina Zach, smiling back at me from a prominent page of the Süddeutschen Zeitung. At the bottom of page 18, which is right at the beginning of the business section, you can see them dressed in the blue sports camp t-shirts with the IF logo on their chests. Naturally, I am thrilled by this. You can also find the article in the internet.

The two ladies managed to get nominated for the idea contest “Generation-D” with their successful event.

My heartfelt congratulations to Helene and Sabrina!

RMD
(Translated by EG)