Seefeld in Tirol, Austria

End of September we went on our first trip as family. I was invited to give a talk during the EMBO workshop "The modularity of signalling networks and proteins". Given that Emilia was so young, we didn't want to be separated and so Emilia and Franzi joined me in visiting Seefeld in Tirol in Austria. On Tuesday (20.09.) we drove from Leipzig to Seefeld with a short rest in Ingolstadt. We stayed at Hotel Viktoria, which was very pleasent. The next morning, we explored the beautiful landscape of Seefeld before I attended the conference at the afternoon and evening. I gave my talk at Thursday morning and in the afternoon we hiked to Reither Jochalm, which was quite a way with the stroller. Friday noon, we visited nearby Mösern. From the bell of peace we had a great view across the Oberinntal and the Möserer lake was nice too. At late afternoon, we visited the Leutascher gorge, which offered a great walk over the steep gorge.
And at the end of the trip, we visited Franzi's sister in Augsburg.

Overlooking Seefeld

Gorgeous mountain views across Seefeld

Overlooking Seefeld on our way back down from Reither Jochalm

Overlooking Oberinntal from Mösern bell of peace

Overlooking Oberinntal from Mösern

relaxed Möserer lake

At Leutasch gorge

Emilia enjoys to be carried by her mom

Great walk through Leutasch gorge

Precious new arrival: Emilia

On Tuesday (23.08.) Franzi felt contractions in the morning. So I stayed home and we went for a walk because the contractions weren't very strong yet. 4 pm we drove to the hospital - but we were too early. The contractions were too little and they sent us back home to return in a couple hours. The contractions became stronger and stronger. We were watching some episodes of "Suits" and Franzi tried to ignore the pain. Half past 1 in the night (24.08.), we visited the hospital again. Still a bit too early. But we were allowed to stay. It took a couple hours, then at 9:00 am Emilia was born and shouted for the first time. We were super happy. Emilia weighed 3,135 g and was 49 cm tall. Franzi was exhausted. We were lucky to get a family room that was only for us and I could stay over night there too. We were watching her all the time and got to know her and how to handle her. The next day  (25.08.) her aunt Jenny visited. Another two days later we left the hospital and Emilia was now staying in our home. At that day also her grandparents visited. We learned to handle Emilia and Emilia received many presents.

Daddy and his baby girl (24.08.)

New born Emilia in the hospital's family room (25.08.)

Emilia arrived in our home (27.08.)

playing with Emilia :) (27.08.)

Emilia after taking a bath (16.09.)