Sophia and Teresa having fun in the Engadin in the Swiss Alps. See Sophia's World for many more pictures.

		Cooking & Eating Long a time ago as a foreign student, missing my mother's cooking, I was forced to experiment in the kitchen. In the meantime, I love to cook anything Swiss, Italian or French like a mean mousse au chocolat or an intoxicating cheese fondue. FIGUGEGL!
		Running With my forties in sight, I decided to finally do some jogging and ended up running regularly as a masters runner with personal bests of 20:20 for a 5k, 42:52 for a 10k, 1:43:28 for a half and 4:00:02 for a full marathon. (If you must know, a "masters" runner is not especially good, but over 40.)
		Chess I have been playing since the late seventies in tournaments and lately on the web, mainly at ChessWorld. Tim Krabbé's Chess Curiosities is one of the coolest chess sites, and for the latest news go to Chessbase and The Week in Chess.

As a baby	In 1st grade	As apprentice	As graduate student

Holding Victor the Terrible to a draw.