100 things I’ve learnt in Frankfurt

Due to me being a complete geek with numbers (I get it off my mum!) and using one of my favourite websites - Wolfram|Alpha - I've worked out that today is my 100th day in Frankfurt. And what better way to celebrate than with a fun blog post around the number 100. Here are the 100 things…

Braunschweig and Hannover – Business Trip Style

It took me a lot less time than expected to get back to Niedersachsen, but I managed it, and all thanks to my work. My company's headquarters is in Braunschweig (or if we're going to properly stick to English, "Brunswick"), and I was sent there on a 3-day training course for a couple of the…

My first working week

Well, I've now been here 9 days, and, to be honest, that has flown by. I'm getting settled in now, the flat hunt for the beginning of October isn't quite underway yet (though I do have a viewing/interview a week today, so we'll see), but generally the working life is admittedly a bit more tiring…

10 Things I’m Looking Forward To In Frankfurt

Just 3 sleeps until I move to my second Heimatland, so I thought I'd write a small post about things I'm looking forward to after having spent a year in Hannover last year. I did consider doing a post about things I'm not looking forward to (a lack of Terry's Chocolate Orange and the queues,…

Flights are booked.

Hallo meine Lieben! Flights are booked and I'm ready to leave for Germany. I'll be flying on 31st July from London City Airport (nope, never heard of it either, but it had cheap flights at decent times in the day so I wasn't arriving too early or too late in Frankfurt). I was originally supposed to…

The end of another chapter.

Hello readers, both new and old (hoping I get at least one person who's reading who read my previous blog, not including my mum)! I'm going to start this off with a very brief introduction for those new readers - I'm Dan (as you've probably guessed from the blog title), and as of 3 days…