Mel left the shores of Ireland after losing his job and went to Germany for work.

After many cold and lonely German nights, he realised that work alone, even the precise German work, was not enough for a happy life.

It looked like it was time to take another step into the German culture and find love – German love.

But this was a big leap into the unknown:

Were German women very different from Irish women?

Or were all women the world over similar?

Read the story of how one Irish man blundered his way through the dating scene in Germany, until he discovered the key to unlocking a once far-away world. A world with a happy relationship, or more accurately a mostly happy relationship, with many more blunders along way.

Learn the top tips for overcoming dating disasters in the land of BMWs, Beethoven and beer.