Special thanks to everybody who has given suggestions how to improve this website and certainly all the artists who have given their o.k. to use some of their works here (particularly in the Solar and Tango Gallery). At the same time I would like to apologize if it happened that I have used an image which the copyright owner doesn't wish to be there (please contact me and I will remove it).

I want to thank my mother for being the great mum she is - for having let discover me this life based on "honesty" and "knowledge" - without her this page would not exist. I feel very lucky. In case you have any questions regarding my childhood, Frank Sinatra or the international tennis scene ..please contact my mum Gertrude Petritsch at: gerti2000@chello.at. Like most of us she is very happy about every email she receives and will answer every email - preferably in German but also in English.

Many thanks to Ulla Paasonen who has given me and still does.. a wealth of inspiration, support, extremely valuable critics and certainly one of the best friends and (diving, kitesurfing, dancing, travelling, lifestyle hopping..) - "buddy" I could possibly imagine. She is also doing a great job with her translation company FENIX (English/Spanish into Finnish).

I am also grateful to all my friends, students, teachers and anybody else I could talk to and learn from as well as those who are still to come - there is so much to explore, to learn, to experience...

Special thanks to Richard Scholl who pointed out some mistakes and significantly helped to improve the site through valuable suggestions.

I also want to thank Fabian and Roxana for the provision of their excellent Tango photographs (see Tango Gallery). To learn more about Tango, its history and much more click on the banner below.