A nice international mix of English and German speakers gathered at St. Oberholz for the second time this year. Great wine and a few hefeweizen made for entertaining conversations. Susan Stone actually did her last radio recording in her bathroom; the listeners didn't notice though. Volker Hagemann is close to finishing his Baltic travel guide. Hey, we even had visitors from Prague. And Karsten Kastelan thought we could start doing this once a month. If this keeps growing, we'll definitely do it monthly!

— Gerd Stodiek, Berlin host

At St. Oberholz, March 10, 2006

Photos by Sophia Willinek

Film reviewer Karsten Kastelan and PR consultant Henri Zix

Freelancer Tonja Schuermann, web consultant Jan Binnema, and Les Consultants Sabatini managing director James Ramsay

Bosch Stiftung/Spiegel Online journalist Susan Stone, RFE/RL deputy managing editor Mark Baker, and Capital Magazine editor Jennifer Sokolowski

orange:blue PR GmbH business development Marcu Manz and orange:blue PR consultant Katja Neutze

Journalist Ulrich Hottelet and Charles Clawson

Contextual Communications' Volker Hagemann, mobi-tech GmbH HR manager Petra Bauer, and mobi-tech CEO Andy Sturm

Journalist Ulrike Kopetzky and Siemens Business Services lead architect Uwe Utecht

Erik Toppenz and Projektmanagement AV Medien Stefanie Birkholz

Sandra Becker and itXnetz-berlin's Nina Korolewski