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Gisela Remembers

Nearly two years as partners, almost three as friends

Celebrating and remembering Rob’s life with all his energy, wit, goofiness and kindness.

Large red stuffed hippo with felt horns and googly eyes sits on a shelf beside a small brown plush capybara, a lamp glowing behind them, decorative letters spelling BUR visible below.
Rumpy and Capi hanging out. Looks like the introduction went well. December 2024.

Meet Capi, the last addition to Rob’s hippos & octopussys animal kingdom. Capybaras are known to get along and chill out unbothered with all sorts of dangerous animals. Rob saw a part of himself reflected.

Close-up of a lava lamp glowing hot pink and red in a dark room, large wax blobs floating and merging, casting a deep magenta light across the surrounding darkness.
Like Rob, Capi loved to gaze at lava lamps.
Rob mid-exclamation, arms spread wide, mouth open in exaggerated delight, standing inside the Spiegel Kantine — a retro-futuristic 1960s canteen with bright orange padded ceiling, a grid of circular backlit speaker-like panels on the wall, wire chairs, and an orange polka-dot floor. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg.
The Spiegel Kantine — a piece of German history dear to him, reassembled at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. Orange all over, with dashes of purple and red at the counter. He couldn’t be happier. Rump!!
Night scene at a Barcelona tram stop: two people crouch on the platform peering under the tracks of a passing tram, motion-blurred green and white, while a woman stands watching to the left. Yellow backpack visible on one of the crouching figures.
Train geeks Rob and Bob checking out the ground power system on Barcelona’s new tram. Lillith on the side, all captured by amused Gisela. September 2025.
Rob in a red t-shirt and cap sitting cross-legged on a large boulder high on a mountainside, panoramic view of a green valley and the Pyrenees range stretching across the background under a deep blue sky with scattered clouds. Font-Romeu, France.
A deserved rest after a steep way up under the sun. Valley below, wind flowing around, Rob in red against the blue sky. He enjoyed this area a lot. Font-Romeu, August 2025.
Rob in a selfie with purple-and-pink hair, neon yellow sunglasses around his neck, wearing a red t-shirt with partially visible text, a black Cannondale road bike leaning against a stone wall behind him, grinning at the camera.
New bike, big smile: both Rob classics. November 2025.
Close-up selfie of Rob and Gisela at a beachside restaurant, both sticking out purple-stained tongues and laughing wide, Rob in a pink tank top with faint pink hair, Gisela with short dark hair and a nose ring, outdoor seating and other diners behind them.
Rob found a gluten-free place so Gisela could have fried chopitos after two years without them. Blueberry cheesecake for dessert. Purple tongues, two goofy faces after a beach day. Food was one of his love languages. Badalona, July 2024.

Photos and words by Gisela. The connection and mutual support was ♥