A shop­ping trip to New York, a beach vaca­tion on Hawaii, or a well­ness break in Thai­land – many of us envis­aged such or similar options for their summer vaca­tion in 2020 – but things turned out differ­ently for most of us this year.

Covid-19 travel warn­ings

COVID-19 travel warn­ings have been issued world­wide over the past months. Anyone plan­ning a vaca­tion would do well to find out which regu­la­tions currently apply and what must be heeded when returning from a risk area. This also applies to the vaca­tion plans of Uhlmann colleagues.

Submis­sion of vaca­tion photos

We wanted to hear whether and how the vaca­tion plans of Uhlmann colleagues had to be changed. It was pretty clear that many travel plans would have to be aban­doned, so we posted a request for photos through the Uhlmann portal (submis­sion dead­line September 30, 2020).

How are Uhlmann Group colleagues spending their vaca­tion this year? We would like to see some photos!

Group-wide partic­i­pa­tion

Many colleagues from the glob­ally distrib­uted compa­nies and offices of the Uhlmann Group partic­i­pated.

Take a look at the private vaca­tion album

They give us an impres­sion of their 2020 summer vaca­tion:

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“My family likes to travel every­where. As my daughter is still small, we chose the scenery around us instead of a long journey. Spending time with our family is the best vaca­tion.  From my perspec­tive, this is the most beau­tiful scenery, right now is the best life. In the next vaca­tion, my family plans to visit Jeju Island in South Korea, as well as the children’s amuse­ment paradise Disney. Looking forward to the vaca­tion!” 

Desti­na­tion: Jinzhou East Lake Park, China

Flora Liu (Wonder China | Tech­nical Docu­men­ta­tion) 

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“Better to steer clear of all corona risks and explore the Croa­tian hinter­land by moun­tain bike instead of a beach vaca­tion.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Berg Kladešćica, Croatia

Alexander Weiß (Koch Germany | Head of Sales Service and Spare Parts) 

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Desti­na­tion: Scheveningen Beach, the Nether­lands

David Van Loo (Koch Germany | Global Account Manager Director, Sales Asia Medical Devices) 

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“Hiking and enjoying the nature in the north of New Jersey .”

Desti­na­tion: New Jersey, USA

Cris­tian Giulea (Uhlmann USA | Design Engi­neer)

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“Vaca­tion in Balconia.”

Desti­na­tion: Shanghai, China; orig­i­nally planned: Germany

Hendrik Hempel (Uhlmann China | Project Engi­neering Manager) 

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“Vaca­tion on a farm in Aulen­dorf.”  (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Aulen­dorf, Germany

Johannes Steck (Uhlmann Germany | Team Leader TMMS & TMMF)

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“A trip to the Dolomites/South Tyrol frequently means excep­tional weather and atmos­pheric light situ­a­tions. This photo was taken from the highest Euro­pean alpine pasture, the Seiser Alm. This was my third visit and it is always fasci­nating. The dark rain clouds combined perfectly with the glow of the sunset on the moun­tains – a unique atmos­phere.”  (Trans­lated from German)

 Desti­na­tion: Seiser Alm, Italy

Timo Zilz (Koch Germany | Elec­trical Design)

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Desti­na­tion: Seignosse beach, in the Landes depart­ment, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south­western France; orig­i­nally planned: same place

Stephane Denoux (Fette Uhlmann France | General Manager)

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“At the end of June every year, it is the ripe season for cher­ries in Dalian. When I am on holiday, I stay with my family to pick them.” 

Desti­na­tion: Dalian Cherry Picking Garden, China

Joker Wang (Wonder China | After Sales Engi­neer)

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“We biked along the Moselle. We really did have a punc­tured tire (in German “Platten”) in a place called Platten. Ironic!” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Mosellle and Saar rivers, Germany;  orig­i­nally planned: Croatia

Ruth Schef­fold (Uhlmann Germany| Office Manager)

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“My own weekend to climb moun­tains, see flowers, and spend an after­noon to the seaside to see and the sunset.” 

Desti­na­tion: Jinzhou South Moun­tain Park, China

Kevin Chen (Wonder China | After Sales Engi­neer) 

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“Crossing the Alps with Steffi.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: On the way to Lake Maggiore – Clar­iden Pass 2,954 m, Switzer­land

Ann-Kathrin Lutz (Uhlmann Germany | HR Busi­ness Partner)

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“A wonderful vaca­tion day grad­u­ally draws to a close with us enjoying the evening sun.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Herzo­gen­ried­park, Mannheim, Germany; orig­i­nally planned: South Africa

Marcus Gehring (Uhlmann Germany | Project Engi­neer Digital Solu­tions)

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“A photo from my vaca­tion at home, my summer view from Lyr ( small Island) where I have my summer house at the west coast north of  Gothen­burg.” 

Desti­na­tion: Lyr, Sweden

Mats Jirblom (Uhlmann Sweden | Managing Director)

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“This is Cran­berry Lake NJ – Stay­ca­tion since we can’t go anywhere here.” 

Desti­na­tion: New Jersey, USA

Timo Klotzsche (Uhlmann USA | Senior Service Tech­ni­cian) (insta­gram: timo_k87)

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“Vaca­tion at home instead of in Sweden as orig­i­nally planned. Moun­tain biking in Sasbach­walden with a fantastic panoramic view across the Black Forest to the Rhine valley and the Vosges.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Sasbach­walden, Germany; orig­i­nally planned: Sweden

Carina Faißt (Koch Germany | Marketing Specialist)

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“Fishing in a wild and far-away Siberian river.” 

Desti­na­tion: Sever­naya , Turukhansky District, Russia; orig­i­nally planned: Calabria, Italy (vaca­tion with my family)

Andrey Bataev (Uhlmann Russ­land | Customer Service Head at Pharma Union)

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“Family Scheil’s ʻcom­pul­sory’ vaca­tion in Cochem on the Moselle (Eifel) due to the COVID-19 travel ban to China for foreigners – in Germany since the end of January.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Cochem on the Mosselle (Eifel), Germany; orig­i­nally planned: Tagaytay, Philip­pines

Jochen Scheil (Uhlmann China | Managing Director)

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“Sunrise over the Lechtal Alps, view from the Plat­ten­spitze moun­tain.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Lechtal Alps, Austria

Johanna Dolpp (Uhlmann Germany | Working Student Commer­ical Finance)

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“Passau, where the Danube, Inn, and Ilz meet! Taken through the window on the way to Dresden. We really wanted to go to Sweden, but flew along the entire German border instead – some 3,000 kilo­me­ters.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Dresden, Germany; orig­i­nally planned: Sweden

Tim Slomp (Uhlmann Pac-Systeme | CTO)

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“Social distancing in the Mediter­ranean.”  (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Mediter­ranean near Genoa, Italy

Alex Gölkel (Uhlmann Germany | Devel­oper Digital Solu­tions)

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“Moun­tain huts, a cattle dog, a herdsman, 200 cows, and breath­taking scenery – all in a coro­n­avirus-free envi­ron­ment.”  (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Val Tschitta, Albula Valley, Switzer­land; orig­i­nally planned: like every year – an alpine pasture visit is a must

Claus Alger (Uhlmann Germany | Design Engi­neer)

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“Instead of the planned flight to the USA and a visit to Mexico, I went by VW van to Italy – equally hot, but less stressful.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Italy; orig­i­nally planned: USA, Mexico

Jessica Wahl (Uhlmann Group Holding | Digital Lab Devel­op­ment Manager)

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“On the high seas there are no viruses.”

Manuel Maldonado (Uhlmann Spain | Managing Director)

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“This photo was taken on the North Sea coast near Pilsum.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: North Sea, Deutsch­land;  orig­i­nally planned: …as if we had already antic­i­pated the situ­a­tion – we really did plan this vaca­tion in Germany.

Sabine Schef­fold (Uhlmann Germany | Tool Designer)

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“As one trip – not that far afield – had been on my bucket list for a while, the time was ripe: across the Alps from Ober­st­dorf to Meran on the E5 hiking trail. This photo was taken near the Memmingen Hut in the beau­tiful Lech Valley region shortly after sunrise.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Ober­st­dorf, Deutsch­land

Tobias Dangel­mayr (Uhlmann Germany | Tool Designer)

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“We explored the castles along the Lauter Valley on foot.” (Trans­lated from German)

Desti­na­tion: Swabian Jura, Germany

Marion Neubrand (Uhlmann Germany | Marketing Specialist)

 

Vaca­tion enjoy­ment close to home

As seen in these photos, many colleagues decided to spend this year’s summer vaca­tion close to home.

Vaca­tioners – partic­u­larly those returning from declared risk areas – must continue to heed regu­la­tions (status October 2020). Those with a vaca­tion coming up, but not wishing to take a risk, can gain inspi­ra­tion on attrac­tive, nearby desti­na­tions from colleagues. To be truthful, how many of us have really been to all the local sites that are worth a visit?