Learning german is hard work. The only possible reason any sane person would learn the german language is for love, which is exactly why I started…

My first attempt at German was a series of silly and badly translated emails (using Yahoo Babel fish),  sent in an attempt to seduce a beautiful young flight attendant.

The spectacular success of the emails led directly to the next German lesson; wedding vows and wedding speech… ’nuff said there…

And now, married, with two kids living in Austria, it’s time to knuckle down and start learning seriously…

… which is why I am procrastinating by writing a blog about it instead

This blog will be broken up into categories that I find useful, and there will be plenty of links to the resources I use as I go.

My qualifications to write a blog about learning German?

None whatsoever!

I am writing this blog as I learn German, so presumably it will get better with time, and I will endeavour to correct any mistakes as I go.

I do have a some support. My wife is a native German speaker, and she just loves pointing out my mistakes I have a few german speaking friends and other family members who are helping me learn by correcting my blog

So be warned! There will almost certainly be a few mistakes here and there… feel free to point them out if you find any.