"To me there's nothing going on without any water resources", that's an axiomatic confession of Sylvia Graf-Eigler, a friendly, winsome lady with long, fair hair and a cheery Bavarian dialect. She grew up in Herrsching, a picturesque town by the 'Ammersee', a large lake some 16 miles south from Munich in Upper Bavaria, and she's proud of her roots and her way of speaking.

At some point, her life's journey led her straight to Northern Germany, to Hanover. Living in Hanover's southern part of town she consistently takes action by biking through the countryside of the Leine river, and thereby she discovers Lake Arnum. This pleasant spot is getting more and more her favourite designation – because of plenty of water. One fine day, as she's swimming across Lake Arnum, she realizes some pretty little houses and comes into contact with an old lady who tells her that unfortunately she has to give up her little house by the lake in order to move into a retirement home.

And that has been Sylvia's chance! She purchased the little house from the old lady's children. Now she got much involved in restauration work until all grew perfectly in compliance to her wishes. Because of her switch from Bavaria to Hanover she jokingly explains: "If I'm going to live in 'southern Sweden', then I will paint my house red and white." And so she did. Mrs Graf-Eigler had changed the Ammersee for Lake Arnum, and she's happy to be here: "Every time when I'm passing the gate to the property, I'm just feeling pretty well as a fiddle." Even her children who are still living by the Ammersee were enthusiastic when they had been visiting her: "Oh mum, that's like winning the lottery!"

Sylvia is still on the job. And before she’s going to work by bike, she takes a bath in her lake – there's nothing going on without water, you know.