CRIScom travel experience flow – The personal website of Christoph Potzinger

I haven’t posted for quite some time. It’s been busy in the agency while Ulla and I were working on two projects, which are currently being finished and delivered. It’s been a challenging time since one particular job was characterised by shifting currents which we found hard to anticipate and, at times, impossible to handle. (more…)

Gwendoline is our cat. She lives with us in our flat in Haydngasse 7 in Graz. She is a real city cat – although she would also do pretty well in the countryside. She has proved that – climbing rooftops, catching mice, fighting rival cats. But she seems to prefer the city where she resides in the backyard, stretching out in the sunshine on the small piece of lawn, climbing up the apple trees. When she is hungry she leisurely ascends the stairs to the third floor, meowing in front of the door in order to be let inside. Then she makes straight for the kitchen to check her footplate, eats a bit (if there is dry food) or bolting her food (if there is salmon or chicken on the plate — she particularly loves chicken), goes to the toilet and then either goes to have her after-lunch nap in one of the beds or on her fur chair before she demands to be let out again in order to go back to her backyard. It is amazing to see how she has developed over the past 15 months. Her story is quite moving so I want to succinctly sketch it out here. (more…)

What a weekend or rather Saturday! We were invited to Großklein to play a match against the Groklein 99ers as a warm-up for the top match in the Landesliga between Großklein and Weiz. While only a few people had a look at our humble undertakings, the league match attracted a lot of attention with more than 500 spectators following a 0-4 victory for Weiz. Still our match was once again a very rewarding experience which took place on a beautiful November afternoon . And once again, with just 10 players on the fieldwe displayed a warming performance against a strong Großklein 99ers team. We drew 1-1 but could have pocketed the match if we had materialised on our chances while we had the strength to do so. At the end it was fighting for survival but we managed to hold a draw. Well done boys . Afterwards we watched a great league game and ended up at a Buschenschank in Neudorf, where we celebrated the close of the season. Still I had some regrets on the next morning and am still wondering what the heck they put into the wine . But nevermind. Zum Matchbericht

Yesterday I played with the SVG Ex-socs against Allerheiligen. It was a very tough and fast match . Ambition and emotion ruled the action. A welcome catalysator to let some steam off on such occasions is, evidently, the referee. Still, Max Voglmair did a good job – sorry for the shouts and wry look :-). It was tight but for my part quite enjoyable. After all, it was the defensive tactics that won the match and although we controlled the match and held the ball for about two thirds of the match we lost – not undeservedly – 6-4. (more…)

Having dedicated my 20s to football, I have always connected sports and movement with a ball, speed and very often nearly total exhaustion . After the end of my ‘carreer’, I started to appreciate the benefits of running – without a ball, just by myself . I started running very slowly, which I had given a negative quality for in football everything has to be quick, only to find that it can be a meditative and rejuvinating experience. (more…)