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Coffee Break on the Roof Deck Margret Böhme & Dr. Rolf Böhme “My wife studied economics in Freiburg in winter semester 1967/68, and I was a doctoral candidate at the Department of Constitutional Law at the time. Since PhD students generally drink a lot of coffee, I spent a lot of time in the ­cafeteria on the roof deck of ­Collegiate Building II. One ­afternoon I was sitting there drinking my coffee and a lady next to me wanted to light a cigarette but evidently didn’t have any matches. I reacted quickly and gave her a light. What followed is a long story. The roof-top cafeteria isn’t there anymore, but the build- ing still holds a special place in our memories to this day.” South Korean Meets Bobbele Eun Jung Cho Haidorfer & Gernot Haidorfer “I came to Freiburg from the South Korean town of Ulsan, home of Hyundai, in the spring of 1996 to take German lan- guage courses and prepare for a course of study in Germany. Although I never stepped into one of the little streams lining the city streets, I met my future husband, a real “Bobbele” (i.e., a Freiburg native), during this time. We met at one of the Catholic student organization’s international student events, in which international and German students take hikes together or present slideshows on their native country.” Good Chemistry Dr. Friedrich Tröndlin & Bruna Tröndlin Bruna, a native Freiburger, and Fritz from Grenzach on the High Rhine, met at a practical course on chemical analysis in summer semester 1970. She was the theoreti- cian thanks to her powers of comprehension, and he was the practitioner in the labora- tory. So they complemented each other perfectly. And since the romantic chemistry between them was also good, they became a couple and have shared good times and bad ever since. A Full Moon, Champagne, and a Cold Fiat Dr. Christiane ter Meer-Bekk & Dr. Peter Bekk “I was a tutor for the practical course in basic chemistry. Girls are scarce and quickly taken in chemistry. She fell for me while we looked at the full moon from the top of the chemistry high-rise at a party after the end of the course in April 1977. I told my future wife that there was piano up there and that I would play a few songs for her. We ended up watching the sun rise with a bottle of champagne on Schauinsland in a cold Fiat 127 – good for snuggling ­together!” Photo:ExQuisine/Fotolia Allphotosofcouples:private ALUMNI COUPLES From the Heart Many alumni of the University of Freiburg are good examples of how a ­college romance can lead to a lifelong relationship. Rosa-Maria Gschwendtner asked several of them how they met each other during their studies. 18