Open Day in Garching

Sticky10 May 2026ATLAS, BYOPD, CERN, Coding, Garching, LMU, Munich Quantum Valley, Outreach, Physics, Quantum ScienceSascha

Time for another Open Day at the research campus in Garching (‘Forschungscampus Garching’). Once again, around 40 research institutes and companies on the campus will open their doors on 3 October from 10 am to 5 pm and once again I am taking care of the website of the event: https://forschungscampus-garching.de/.

Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) will be present with a booth at the Walther Meißner Institute (WMI) and Build Your Own Particle Detector (BYOPD) will be present at the ORIGINS booth .. along with lots of other activities, exhibits, projects to explore.

Spain 2026

31 July 2026Family & Friends, GeoCaching, Hiking, Spain, TravellingSascha

A little road-trip photo diary from our trip to northern Spain in August 2026.

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Honour & Glory – 2026 FIFA World Cup

20 July 2026Honour & GlorySascha

After what felt like maybe too many – yet apparently not enough – matches, the 2026 FIFA World Cup has finally come to an end. Just like the World Cup itself, Honour & Glory was also a tight race until the very end, with favourites shifting back and forth.

Congratulations go to Marius for his first Honour & Glory win and to Simon for coming a close third. The trophies will soon be on their way to all the winners.

You can find all the stats and standings here and the football all-time stats have been updated as well.

Thanks to everyone for taking part and see you next time …

ATLAS Lego meets Tour de France

19 July 2026ATLAS, BYOPD, CERN, Geneva, LEGO, Outreach, Physics, SwitzerlandSascha

Today, my ATLAS Lego model at the ATLAS Visitor Centre¹ was briefly featured in a short ‘Sportschau’ report related to the Tour de France, which covered CERN, on the main German broadcaster ARD :)

For those of you speaking German, here’s the link to the clip [in German].

I also had the pleasure to coordinate the design and installation of the current AVC. ↩︎

2026 seasonal guests

30 May 2026Family & Friends, Hobbies, Munich, PhotographySascha

Also in 2026, we once again had a pair of blue tits move in to our balcony bird house. Last week, two little birds finally made it all the way through, left the house and here’s a time-lapse of this year’s season.

For those of you interested, there are more time-lapse and motion-detection clips in a YouTube playlist.

Acquarello – Cucina del Sole

30 May 2026Cooking, Germany, MunichSascha

This week, with the kids on holidays and out of town, we finally managed to redeem a one-year-old birthday voucher for Mario Gamba’s Acquarello and had a very nice a-la-carte dinner for two.

Here’s a a few verbal and optical impressions of our very delicious self-made menu …

Fagottini amatriciana
Agnolotti del plin filled with Fassona beef on sage foam and sage butter
Veal chop with potato gratin and rosemary jus
St. Pierre fish fillet with asparagus
Transparent lemon fruit ravioli with yoghurt lime ice cream and coconut foam
Pineapple carpaccio / Mango / Coconut / Pina Colada ice cream