This is Julia

Julia Etter Kristen

- Swiss
- Born in 1968
- Academic Studies
- Has a long green thumb and loves plants
- Is a great chef and likes to share recipes
- Keeps the diary, the botanical data collection and writes travelogs
- Splendid Photographer

This picture shows her in Spooky Gulch, one of the most famous (and also one of the most narrow!) slot canyons in the American Southwest.


Martin Kristen-Etter

- Austrian
- Born in 1951
- Academic Studies
- Built up a Swiss computer company in his "early years"
- Decided in 1992 not to wait to start his real life until the time he is legally retired
- Has a short green thumb and loves plants
- Likes to work on the websites
- Maintains a huge botanical library (he loves to collect books)
- Writes travelogs
- Splendid Photographer

This picture shows him as a good-natured desert-cap wearing pack-animal (type "coolie") at the Cumbre de San Pedro (on his back camera equipment, on his front beverages and Julias' other stuff)

This is Martin

Dedication

 

This HomePage is dedicated to:

all relatives of the Etter family
all relatives of the Kristen family

our friends
Erika & Bruno Baumann, Kleinsachsenheim, Germany
Lori Biggers, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Thomas Bolliger, Zurich, Switzerland
Hans Brammer, Berlin, Germany
Elaine Cannell & Mary Lane, Globetrotters
Danae & Pablo Carrillo Reyes, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Gabi & Norbert Caspari, Böblingen, Germany
Patricia Hernandez de Cházaro & Miguel Cházaro Basañez, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Chuy (Jesús) Cortés Aguilar, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Catherine Koch & Richard Desomme, Globetrotters
Urs Eggli, Zurich, Switzerland
Philomena Eitel, Uitikon, Switzerland
Dolores & Hanspeter Elsener, Zurich, Switzerland
Richard Felger & Silke Schneider, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Betty & "Fitz" (Walter A.) Fitz-Maurice, San Luis Potosí, SLP, México
Adelita & Everardo Garza García, Matehuala, SLP, México
Kristin & Blair Gillespie, Atascadero, California, USA
Sandy & Val Gillespie, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Gudrun & Moritz Grubenmann, Zurich, Switzerland
Dylan Hannon, Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden, Claremont, California, USA
Hausa Hansen & Wölfli Behles, Zurich/Jona, Switzerland
Nesa & Fredy Heschel, Dielsdorf, Switzerland
Ross Hilmoe, Prescott, Arizona, USA
Wendy Hodgson, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Elba, Lars & Valentin Huber, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Dorli & Hansjörg Jucker, Teufen, Switzerland
Myron Kimnach, Monrovia, California, USA
Laurie & Mike Langevin, Portland, Oregon, USA
Susi & Rainer Lauwigi, Krefeld, Germany
Elke Steudter & Kay Löser, Bern/Bremen, Switzerland/Germany
Suzanne & James Low, Rancho Cordoba, California, USA
Ralf Maile, Waiblingen, Germany
Gil Meacham, Aumsville, Oregon, USA
Uschi & Ferdinand Neufeld, Burladingen, Germany
Ilona & Wolf Ogorek, Globetrotters
Lisa & Jim Osse, Globetrotters
Judy Moon & Bob Otness, Redwood City, California, USA
Margrit Pape, Hedingen, Switzerland
Katrin & Oliver Porzel, Steinwiesen, Germany
Amadeo Rea & Takashi, San Diego, California, USA
Jon Rebman, San Diego, California, USA
Helmut Regnat, Ottobrunn, Germany
Heide Rilling & Marion Rilling, Globetrotter
Gabrielle & Robert Roberts, Globetrotter
Neil Rothal, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Carol & Andreas Schwall, Winnipeg (also called "Winterpeg"), Manitoba, Canada
Maggie & Bill Shanklin, North Freemantle, Australia
Manuel Sotomayor, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Fred Sproul, Ramona, California, USA
Dieder Supthut, Zurich, Switzerland
Nicky Verda & "Zino" (Hans-Jörg) Zientarski, Giubiasco/Adliswil, Switzerland
Lori Wersinger & Ray Anderson, Denver, Colorado, USA
Peter Winkler, Gossau, Switzerland
Liane & Ernst Wölfing, Competa, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
Georg Widmann, Olpe, Germany
Thomas Widmann, Riehen, Switzerland
Michael Wilson, Tucson, Arizona, USA