German W60 Club Champions!
Click here to view finals results in Germany for all age divisions. Sunday was a successful tennis day but a tough one. We play #2 and #4 singles first, followed […]
Category Archives: Germany
German Club Championship Finals
Click here to view finals results in Germany for all age divisions. The team I am playing for in the German Club Championships is ETUF Essen, in Essen, Germany (just […]
Nuremberg Day Two and a Pre-tournament Practice
Today I didn’t do quite as much touring in Nuremberg, but I did take the tram out to the Documentation Center, which has a lot of information about the rise […]
Nuremberg, Germany
Yesterday I flew early from Mallorca to Nuremberg Germany, where we have the German club playoffs this Saturday & Sunday. I rented my car from Wiber and forgot that they […]
Good Bye Florida, Hello Germany
I had a day of rest before my next trip which is to Germany to play some club matches for ETUF Essen (near Dusseldorf). The trip started when a friend […]
Frankfurt to Graz to Feld am See on a Rainy Monday in Europe
Draws are here. Today I flew from Frankfurt to Graz, Austria, then drove in mostly heavy rain to Feld am See…the rain tapered off about when I arrived in Villach, […]
German Team Champions
Friday I flew from Mallorca to Frankfurt…then waited and waited…it took 90 minutes from touchdown to getting my lugggage…30 minutes to be bussed to the terminal and 60 minutes to […]
German Team Sweep on a Gorgeous Saturday in Essen
Today I played my second team match against a team from the Bonner Tennis & Hockey Club (the one Bunnie Jackson is playing for, though in a different division). I […]
Last Red Clay Practice and a Walk in Essen
I practiced with Karin Plagenbourg again today. The weather was beautiful! We had a nice practice. I went to lunch, then gym, and after walked around Essen a bit. It […]
A Visit to Bonn, Meeting with Friends and More Red Clay Practice
May 10, 2024, Friday Wednesday was just a practice day in Essen. I hit with a teammate, Reinhilde in the morning, visited Lidl (of course) etc in the afternoon and […]
Red Clay Tennis Balls & Clay Practice
Today after I breakfasted and did my usual workout I set off for Tennis Point Essen, a large tennis store (think Tennis Express in Houston, then downsize just a bit) […]
Practicing on the German Red Clay & Adventures in a Parking Garage
Monday May 6, 2024 Sunday in Germany is a day of rest for most businesses other than restaurants, museums and gas stations. I had a lazy morning (hit the gym […]
Germany: First Team Match
Saturday we had our first team match of the 2024 season. We played the TC Blau-Weiss Marsberg in Marsberg, Germany, about 1:45 hours north of Essen. The club’s team was […]
Guten Tag, Germany!
Another day, another country. I flew on Wednesday to Germany by “plane, train and automobile”. My flight to San Francisco was on time, and I had a longish layover so […]
German 60 Team: Day 1 Success on the Slow German Red Clay
There are teams from four regions at this competition for over 60 women, Mainz is one, Berlin is one and a team from Bavaria, along with ETUF Essen. The draw […]
German Team Championships: Practice Day
ETUF, Essen, Germany Friday Sept. 8 Today after sleeping some I practiced with Luisa, Sabine and Desiree from the ETUF 60s team at high noon. It was in the high […]
Planes, Trains and Automobiles: USA to Germany (With a Detour to Amsterdam)
Wednesday and Thursday I travelled to Essen, Germany (near Dusseldorf) for the German team finals. My trip to Europe, which was not expected to involve train travel nor a stop […]
Successful Saturday in Essen
Saturday the ETUF Essen team played a team from Dusseldorf, a larger city about 30 minutes drive to the south. We fielded quite an international team: the four singles players […]
Practicing on the Red Clay in Germany
This week I have been practicing on the red clay both with teammates and with players Sabine (the captain) has organized for me, which has been great, though the weather […]
Team Success in Germany
May 1, 2023: German Labor Day, USA May Day Today I played my first team match in Germany. The team matches take up the entire day! Dagmar, Desiree, Gabi, Carolyn, […]
Tennis on Red Clay and a Regatta!
Sunday April 30, 2023, Essen, Germany Today I played tennis on the red clay at ETUF Essen, then walked along the Baldeneysee where a regatta was taking place. The sun […]
Germany!
Jet lag or just circadian rhythm confusion? After I left Italy less than two weeks ago I got one of the viruses floating around…not the flu, not covid but a […]
Frankfurt Museum Sunday
Sundays are for anything but shopping in Germany…stores are closed so everyone relaxes, on a nice day (it was 93 and sunny here) the outdoor areas and cafes are busy…the […]
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Saturday I took the train to Frankfurt from Bad Breisig…or rather three trains. I took a 6am train to Koblenz, which was the earliest one available. After yesterday I didn’t […]
Successful Finish in Bad Breisig
Draws are here. Thursday I played the singles final against Jutta Labenski, the second seed. She was I think a bit nervous, and I won comfortably. We played on the […]
Into the Final in Bad Breisig
Draws are here. Today I practiced as usual with Stephan at 8am. It was so nice, cool, no wind, sunny. Then I returned to my accommodations for interesting things such […]
Bad Breisig Day 1
Draws are here. I played my first match on Tuesday the 9th in Bad Breisig against a Swiss player from Basel, Yvette De Roche. The tournament ran somewhat behind yesterday…temps […]
Goodbye Finland, Hello Germany
Draws from Bad Breisig tournament are here. Sunday I traveled from Finland to Bad Breisig, Germany. It took a while. The Helsinki airport terminal is new since I was last […]
Munich, Munchen, Sunday Vibes
June 16, 2019 Munich, Germany I arrived late in Munich after a longer than expected train ride (the train stopped for about half an hour just before my stop…but the […]
Rainy Friday in Munich
Today I bid adieu to Robin, going with her to the airport and seeing her off (after a too long wait at check-in…Lufthansa has the baggage check-in completely automated, but […]