Join the AFL team: http://kangaroos.aflg.de/new_roos/index.php (I can’t believe it!) Browse the toytowngermany.com site for: cheap/FREE IKEA furniture. Social Events, dancing bike riding, sailing trips etc. News on Munich Info on gaining visas, tax, bureaucracy etc.. Go cook with random people: jumpingdinner.de Oktoberfest (derrr) Go to the alps and clime a mountain! Surf on the river [...]

I’ve experienced nothing else that comes close to Oktoberfest.. It’s like a massive theme park with rides and kids stuff on one side, and about 10 beer tents (buildings) on the other side. I actually pictured more circus type tents with lots of grass.. but it was more like a massive plane hangers full of [...]

Which do you think would be best (both 1 year)??? I have until (at the latest) October 15th to lodge a working holiday visa application if I want to. Working Visa: Pro – The company organises the Visa Con – I must find a job Pro – Quicker German uptake and better understanding of German [...]

So far, the worst thing about Munich is trying to find an open supermarket or store on a Sunday (they’re all shut). Only the Haupbahnhof (main train station) had a few places open. The best thing so far is probably the public transport. It’s so easy to catch the u-bahn or s-bahn anywhere and everywhere. [...]

WOW!! Do we have dancing outdoors?? In the Hofgarten kann man Swing tanzen!! The floor was perfect! Great for spinning, plenty of space, and the temple that we were in had great acoustics! I turned up at 6 (1 hour late) and danced till they stopped the Swing music and put on the Salsa (9PM?)! [...]

It gives me great confidence to know that Germans constantly get stuff wrong… and everyone speaks and sounds different to each other. A long standing question of mine is how to say “Ich” (I) which I recently found can be pronounced “ick”, “Itch”, “Ichhhh”. I always thought it was the last one, but the flat [...]

You can now click the link on the right column under Dans Links that will show you the phrases and words I’m learning in German (Dans German Phrases) This is not a complete list, but something handy that I keep with me to practice. You may find it useful to. I have a few people [...]

I think this means something about finding a Munich girl in a Beer garden that’s single.. can anyone else offer a better translation? I find it funny that all these ads are the same in diff countries…. except… Would the equivalent be “Find Aussie girls down at the pub cooking you up a BBQ” Perhaps: [...]

I must say.. technology is grand! I must say.. technology is grand! I can easily stay connected with my friends and family 24/7. Blog (WordPress is the beez neez of blogs!) Update feed (Twitter) Image galleries/friends feed (Facebook) Video Calls/Chat (Skype) Email Photo management and distribution (iPhoto with instant Facebook sharing) I’ve been using the [...]

Sitting in the flat feeling guilty for not getting much done in my day was depressing. The choice to stay in ALL day and night or go out at night became easy. I had planned to go to an outdoor swing session in the mall near Marienplatz but it was raining. Eventually I realised that [...]