The Great Escape!

I’ve now been living in Berlin for over two years and I can now reveal that for about the same amount of time, I have been digging a rather large tunnel in the direction of Great Britain. In the next few days I shall be making my final journey through this tunnel in the hope […]

Saturday Sightseeing

After living here for this long, you would’ve expected me to have seen all the sights. Although I have seen most of them, there was one sight I had yet to see close up – until Saturday. As the weather has been quite nice in Berlin recently and as I had nothing better to do, […]

More Berlin Sightseeing

You might remember my previous entry, ‘Berlin Sightseeing‘, in which I explained that over a couple of weeks in April I had some guests staying who naturally wished to do some sightseeing while they were here. Well, in August I had another guest come to stay who had similar intentions which I am glad to […]

Schon wieder Berlin

After a wonderful Christmastime back home, I’ve now returned once more to the German capital. This of course means that there will be more updates to come so keep checking the site. As one of my New Year’s resolutions involved a bit more travelling, I also have a few more countries on the list for […]

Christmas Time, Lebkuchen and Glühwein…

So the title isn’t exactly Cliff Richard but you get the idea! Yes, it’s that time of year again and it’s time for me to take another holiday to Great Britain for the Christmas season!   I’m staying in the UK until about mid-January so if any of you are in the area during that time […]

Lausitz Racing

In May, the very same friend with whom I travelled to Poland suggested we watch some racing. So off we went to the Lausitz EuroSpeedway where we were to see some DTM racing. DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters or German Touring Car Masters) is a racing series which is based in Germany but with four of […]

Happy Birthday *** Dan’s World! *** !!

    The site "*** Dan’s World! ***" is 1 today which means that I’ve now been living in Berlin for just over a year. Although being here for this length of time wasn’t originally planned, I do hope that my experiences and thoughts which led to the content of this site have been of […]

Berlin Poetry

I recently came across these few words which were written by another Englishman who spent some time in Germany and who was here in Berlin when he wrote them. They were written in a cafe which is now known as the ‘Kranzler’ but was, in 1912, called ‘Café des Westens’. As these words seem so […]

Berlin Sightseeing

Way back in April I had some guests. This was good for two reasons. The first obviously being the chance to catch up and the second being the chance for me to do the sightseeing I had previously not got around to.   So even though I had months in which to see all the […]

EU’s 50th Birthday in Berlin

You may have already noticed or looked at the album in the photos section with the same name as the above title. Well to begin with, the main reason for attending this event was due to the promises of free beer and sausages. These promises could be found in writing on many websites (including BBC) […]