New in Berlin (or new to this forum)

If you are new in Berlin, or live in Berlin and are new to this forum, feel free to post a message here to introduce yourself to the rest of the TT community.

Hello there,

I'm a Scottish author/dad. I moved to Germany in 2003 and wished I had found this forum before now. Used to spend about seven months of the year back in Britain but since adopting my teenage siblings, we don't go back any more. It's been a year since I saw Scotland and all my friends. On the one hand, this was a good thing since it allowed me to finish my book (History of Freemasonry). But on the other hand my book is now finished and I have no chums in Berlin. I don't even have professional contacts outside of email.

I intend to annoy you all with repeated whining.

Hello all!

I've vistited this site a few times but only now decided to take the plunge and join... I'm a 20-year-old Canadian girl from Toronto, been living in Berlin-Mitte for close on 2 years now. Pretty much fluent in German by this point; since I came here to go to university and all, it was kind of a necessity. Before this spent some time in Bavaria, the Rhineland, and Austria as well, on summer exchanges and/or language courses, but love Berlin best, so decided to stick around! Besides that, I spend a lot of my free time playing in amateur/student orchestras, sitting in any one of this city's many movie theatres or spending what little money I do have on concert tickets. Met a few of you last year on Canada Day, so hoping for a repeat performance this year? Great fun except for the mosquitos. Hope to meet some of you again soon,

-Meara

Not new here, been around a long long time, but if any of you new guys are good footballers and are looking for a club to join (quite a few ex-pats to get to know), let me know.

Eric

Hi

Im Amadeus i'm from Vic, Australia, im 18. Unlike everyone else i dont do shit all here except learn German at Inlingua . im not here for work or study, just here for living and learning german for now.

if anyone wants to meet up for a few drinks or something just let me know.

ciao

Hi all, i am a 22yo girl from Perth, Australia, and have been in Germany for 3 months, in Hamburg, St Margarethen (Schleswig-Holstein) and now in Berlin for 5 weeks. I live and work in Teltow (i know, i know, its not technically berlin ) but i spend a lot of my time in berlin mitte whether its visiting my german local friends, doing kickboxing, and soon going to my language course. And sometimes shopping..spending money i dont actually have...teehee
Im really keen to meet some people from Toytown in person, so look for me at some of the next social gatherings...i really miss my aussie mates back home!! I´m also looking for anyone who is interested in clubbing that wants to join me some weekends to party hard!
Take care all

Hello! My name is Winter and I'm new to this forum and soon will be new to Berlin as well. My husband will be moving there in June and I'll be following in July. We found this site together and are excited to meet the great folks who contribute all of this wonderful information.

We're looking forward to meeting others who are interested in art, music (especially the electronic kind ), trying new foods and exploring fun places. I'm a massage therapist/DJ/producer-in-the-works/jill of all trades and my husband works for a famous artist who will be relocating him to Berlin to help her complete her next body of work. On his downtime he loves museum trips to shooting pool & drinking good beer to video games

Thank you for having us!

Winter & Damien Young

Greetings all,

I'm new to Berlin, just over a month, still settling in...

I could use help on where to find american food products and english tv...

I'm a big jazz fan too...

...would really like to meet folks, participate in activities, become a member of the community...

thanks.

steve n

Hi all,

I'm thrilled to say that I'll be moving to Berlin at the end of the first week of June. I've been reading some of the threads on Toytown in preparation...and for the very helpful information.

About me: I'm a 28 year-old male, born in England but bred in the U.S. I've been in graduate school for the past few years in California (I'm going to miss the weather...), but after spending two summers in Berlin ('05 and 06...during the World Cup!), I've decided to move there more permanently. I have just found temporary housing in P-Berg for the summer and will be taking an intensive German course at the German Language School on Kastanienallee, while I search for a job/internship. I've got a couple of good leads, but it seems like you can't really make headway until you're in Berlin yourself.

I'm looking to meet lots of new people while I improve my German and get settled in - English and non-English speakers alike. I'll probably go to one of the TT meetups in late June, but I'd be happy to meet up with TT people for a night on the town as well.

I'm just so excited to be moving to Berlin; I've never been anywhere else quite like it, and I've had more fun there than anyone really deserves.

At some point later in the summer, I'd definitely be interested in starting a reading group - 19th and 20th century fiction, I was thinking. I've been a teacher of sorts here in the U.S., and I would love to put something together along those same lines. I'll set up a thread a bit later on to guage interest.

I hope to meet a number of you in June!

Bis bald!
J.

Hey guys,

my name's Catherin and I'm new to this forum.. as you might guess from my name I'm German, but I hope that's okay.. I'm learning English for 14 years now (I'm almost 23), study anglistics for almost a year now and I love it with all my heart. The reason why I registered here is because I'd love to meet some people who are actually native speakers.
In return I'd love to help you learning German if you like..

Cheerio^^

Hi,

I’m Mike from London and I arrived here last month after living in Prague for 3.5 years.

I thought I should perhaps introduce myself now that I’m a little more settled and on the hunt for a few beer buddies. At 45, I’m seemingly a bit older than the average poster here but I’ve seen a few events advertised for the oldies so perhaps I’ll check them out at some point.

Anyway, I’m unlikely to post often – but at least you’ll know who I am when I do!

Mike in Friedrichain

Hi Catherine,

My names Kyle. I'm 22, from Boston area US. I've been living in Berlin for maybe three months now, should be here through the end of the year. I'm doing an internship for Uni, but my man focus is having fun and partying. Unfortunately mein Deutsche ist Scheiße. I have learned almost nothing in my time here. All the people I interact with speak fluent English, but this is no excuse. It is inherently do to my utter laziness that I have learned nothing... I would like to change that. If you want to meet up some time and grab a drink, or whatever, definitely let me know. I don't have many friends in this city, and I really like to go out, so anyone else reading this - that wants to party - hit me up! Peace peace all.

K

Hi all,

my name is Polina, I'm 26, from Melbourne, Australia. I've moved here with my german/aussie hubby about 2,5 years ago... so not really new to Berlin, but just found this forum recently. I'm a programmer, but decided to turn my life around and now studying Psychology at Freie Universität - really enjoying it, although the scientific German is tough. Saw that you guys do Thursday night drinks, and other meet-ups. We're looking out to get to know some more people here, especially native English speakers, as we miss life back home in Melbourne. So hopefully we'll see some of you around at some of the meet-ups!

Have a good one!

Hello! My name is Katherine and I'm a 25 year old American (from California originally), and have been living in Berlin (Kreuzberg) since New Year's. I came here to be closer to my German boyfriend, and have been taking intensive German language classes since my arrival to get my German up to speed (not so easy...). I would love to meet up with you all - my classmates at the language school tend to come and go pretty quickly back to their home countries, so it's been a bit harder to make friends here! Thursday drinks, perhaps? Thanks, and hope to hear from and see you soon!

Hi everyone!

I just realized that i have to change my username from Newbie to something else cos I am hardly a Newbie in Berlin anymore!!

My husband and I moved to Berlin a year and a half ago and we absolutely love the city. Not that age matters .. but FYI I am 32 and he is 40 ( but we both feel and look much younger... or atleast thats what we 'd like to believe ) My husband is German but not from Berlin and I am from India but have lived abroad for donkeys years and cannot proudly say that I am a typical Indian. We have travelled the whole world.. ( nearly!) and are very social. However our social lives have come to a standstill ever since we moved to Berlin! So this forum is fantastic really!!

My husband is interested in Sports ( which man isnt!) night outs .. ( i blame it on mid life crisis!) outdoor activities and is quite fun to hang out with!! My interests have suddenly changed from a series of wide activities to parenthood .. ( yeah we are expecting a little one in November!!))

Would be nice to meet other couples.. Germans.. non germans.. international... doesnt really matter !!

Wish you all a great sunny day.. Phew its 30 degrees today.. Im gonna go now and enjoy the sun wee bit now!

Hey all,
Another newbie here! I'm Finn, originally from Northern Ireland and will be moving to Schoeneberg in approximately.. four weeks!!.. wow, time is flying by, and there's still so much sorting and packing to be done - but I can't wait. Looking forward to meeting loads of you

Hi folks,

My name is Stephanie. I'm 29, Irish, and have just landed in Berlin! I'm here initially to study German at GLS for a month or so. If I can learn a few phrases and Berlin gets under my skin then I hope to land a job of some sorts and stay for the summer and maybe beyond...

I'm keen to settle in and make some friends here so hopefully get to meet some of you soon at the Thursday night drinks.

Steph

Hiya my name is Olga and Im a 31 year old Irish girl from Dublin. Im heading over to berlin on Wednesday and plan to stay anything from 2 weeks - 3 months, gonna play it by ear. For the month of June or whats left of it Ill be staying in Prenzlauer berg and after that who knows? Hope to meet some of you at those Thursday night drinks to those of you going to GLS on Kastanienallee see you there! Im glad to see there are some older people going to that school coz from what I hear it's full of early twenty year olds, not that there's anything wrong with early twenty year olds but you know the way it's nice to meet people your own age. Anyway looking forward to meeting you all. Drop me a PM sometime

Hey!

I am Sarah, a native german.
Right now I am living in Amsterdam and I´ve spend some time in London and Gambia.
I experienced so much openness along the way and met great people, so I would like to stay in touch with the international community once I have moved to Berlin in 1-2 months to meet new people and to keep my english alive.
I am 22, originally from Hamburg, studying at the Open University UK (Social and Media studies via distance learning) and I am working a a freelancer in Marketing.

I hope you are not annoyed by some grammar mistakes or anything like that here and there. I will try to make up for it by giving some "native" advice on german bureaucracy.

I absolutely understand everyone who thinks it is hard to meet new people in Germany and I really think some of you where brave to relocate without any german. It starts in the bars, no one speaks to strangers. I was often sitting in London pups wishing Germany would be a little more like that.

Anyway, Berlin is a great city and I cant wait to get there and meet some of you on the meet ups.

I can recommend becoming a member on studivz http://www.studivz.net/Start (for students) or meinvz http://www.meinvz.net/ if you want to socialize with german people, it is much more popular than facebook and almost everyone is on there.

Cheers,
Sarah

hey there -

I'm Anya, 27, and just moved here from California. I do miss the climate and the beach but ever since I got here, it's been really nice in berlin.
I am always interested in meeting new people and joining your Thursday get togethers or anything. Feel free to send me a message, will get back to you.

Anya

Hello all,

Matija is here, a 29 yrs old traveler from Croatia.

I am coming on next Tuesday in Berlin (in a week) and would like to meet some of the newbies...

Will stay in Berlin only for a week (yes, yes, I am just a turist ;-)), so if you are interested for some sightseeing, walking, clubing...just send me a PM.

If not sooner, I will join you on Thursday get together.

Hope to meet you soon, Matija.

Hiya I introduced myself already but I just wanted to say Ive landed! lovin it so far, very cool, very chilled, very raw. Im wondering bout the drinks tomorrow night, anyone know definitively where these drinks are taking place?

Hi all,

I'm Justin, 27, moved here a few weeks ago from NYC. I'm a Californian (from LA/SF) but have lived in a few cities over the past few years, including NY, London and Paris. I've moved here for a year or so to work on a novel and enjoy this amazing city. I don't know many people in town and would love to meet anyone, feel free to contact me. I'm eager to work less and enjoy the nightlife more. Hope to meet some of you on Thursday!

HI,

I'm not new to Berlin anymore as I have been living here since last October. I've also been reading this forum for about the same amount of time, but I haven't posted much. My name's Philip, I am 28, and I am here working as a website developer. I am originally from London, and lived there all of my life before coming to Berlin, although I have travelled a lot.

Although I have been living here a while I still don't know that many people, mainly the people at work and a couple of other people from outside of work.

I must say living in Berlin is a breath of fresh air after living in London all my life. I didn't think it was possible to have a capital city with a transport system that actually works.

But anyway, I thought I'd introduce myself, so there it was.

Reading some of the posts on this forum is so funny, helps the day to go by much better sometimes. lol

Hey all. I'm obviously new in town (18 years old American female living as an au pair in Prenzlauer Berg) and am quite anxious to make some new connections and friends, seeing as I currently know absolutely no one in Berlin.

Hey guys! It's good to see so many new faces, maybe you'd like to come to one of the Monday-German-English-tandem groups or Thursday night drinking things..
Have a great time in Berlin!

Cheers!

Hi Cathi - when and where is the next monday night tande gourp?

Paul (36, from Dublin, artist, been on the site for a while, only arrived in Berlin last Sunday!)

Hi! I'm moving to Berlin next week, and thought I'd introduce myself.
Right now I live in Luebeck with my husband and our dog (and our turtles). We both come from the states and have been in Germany for four years now. I'm very very excited to be moving to Berlin!! Luebeck is boring and small (although quite lovely for a day or weekend trip - Germans seem to love this place).
We're both musicians - my husband studies conducting, and I'm a horn player.
I'm 28 and he's 32.
I think those are the basics... I'm looking forward to meeting some of you. Hopefully I'll make it to drinks night in a week or two!
Lizz

Just moved across to Berlin and it's a bit scary! I'm currently living near Templehof, which seems a bit far from the city centre, but it seems a nice area.

I'm from the UK originally, but I tend to move around quite a bit.

I look forward to attending some Berlin meetups.

Hi everyone,

finally made it to Berlin in fact Ive been here a week now. Although living in Berlin is a bit new Ive been using TT for a while to get everything in place.
I'm a 35 year old guy from Chesterfield, UK and hope to meet some of you lot on the thursday night drinks outings.

Hi everyone. I moved to Berlin a couple of weeks ago and thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Maureen, I'm 22 years old, German/American, and currently working as a freelance translator. I just finished college in Berkeley, CA and am hoping to start working on a Master's at the TU in a year or so. Hope to be meeting some of you around town!

Hi everyone!

My name is Holly, I've been in Berlin about three weeks now and I am still finding my feet. I'm a 21 year-old languages student (French and German) at Oxford Uni in the UK, and being here is technically part of my degree, although my productivity thus far is questionable... I originally come from West Yorkshire, England but have spent most of the last year living on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Needless to say I'm a bit disorientated, so I'm planning to come along to some of the meet-ups on Thursdays and maybe the German-English exchange too (my German suffered greatly from speaking exclusively French for eight months). I look forward to meeting some of you!

Hi, I am new in Germany. I am 33 and the name is Allen. I come from Singapore and now I lives in Potsdamer Strasse - Berlin. I am so happy to find a English forum here. You should see the tears in my eyes. I hope to make some new English speaking friends while I am here for the next 3 years. Maybe I will also take up parachuting. Hope to meet some of you chaps on one of the Thursday nights! Cheers!

Hello everyone, I came to Berlin May 15th from New York, spent the past month mostly traveling, and just today started classes at Die Neue Schule for 5 weeks. I'm a bit lonely and would love to meet up. I'm planning on attending the Thursday meet, although I'll be a little bit nervous. I am 21 and live in Freidrichshain and would love some friends in this area, so feel free to send me a message!

hey there! please come and visit our german-english tandem mondays
Tandem

cheers!

Hi,

I'm Michael, 27. I've been in Berlin for about a week now, having previously lived only
in England: Manchester, Oxford, Southampton. I'm here to finish writing up my PhD
and then to start a postdoc, and currently know almost nobody in Berlin outside of work.
Looking forward to meeting some of you on Thursdays!

Cheers.

Hello everyone! I'm Michael, from Austin, Texas. I won't actually be living in Berlin for at least another year, but I'm in Europe scouting business opportunities, making and solidifying contacts, starting to figure out what will be involved in working and moving my family here for part of the year. At this moment I'm in Nuremberg, but I spent a couple of weeks in Berlin in May and June and will be back next week also, and I expect Berlin to become our toehold in Europe. I'm half-German and spent a lot of time in Germany growing up, and I've also lived in France and the Czech Republic, but this is the first time in ten years now that I've spent more than a few days in Europe. I currently make my living as a translator (German and Czech to English), and I'm working on a business to help American clean-tech SMEs develop markets in Europe.

Hey there,

I am a 27 years old German girl living in Berlin since almost 2 years. I would love to get in touch with some of you to

- practise my English. Happy to offer German lessons in return,
- meet up for coffee, beer, etc to chat abt life in Berlin, elaborate on intercultural differences and on how to make sense of the Berlinians ;-) and philosophise abt whatever interesting issues are out there,
- go for a run once in a while in Hasenheide Park (Kreuzberg).

I have done some travelling and lived in other countries and am really open to and interested in whoever you are. Work in Charlottenburg, live in Kreuzberg, but am flexible to meet wherever convenient. Will stop by at Thursday night get-toghthers. See you there or post me a message.

Bye,

Kat

Hey All.. :-)

My name is Maja, i m 24 and i just came to berlin last week.. (i live in shoneberg at the moment...)

i ll be studying here next year and now i came to learn some German..

However, dnt know anybody here, so I would be really happy to meet some people and end those lonely evenings at home.. :-p

maja

Hi all, today I arrived in my apartment in Prenzlauer Berg. I've been a couple of times in Berlin before, for holiday, and that got me so excited that I took another IT job in order to work from home, eh, here!

I am fond of music, especially jazz. I play the french horn and piano, and hopefully soon the sax. I like reading the New Yorker in a cozy cafe, and listening to spontaneous life music on the wunderschöne Admiralbrücke.

Looking forward to meet you all!

Hey, I am new in Berlin. I am Helena, 24 years old and German. I study Marketing in Manchester currently and have lived in the USA before. I am doing an internship in Kreuzberg right now and will stay the whole summer in Berlin. If annyone wants to meet up for a coffee, let me know.

Hi! I'm Haley, I ran into the 'TT' crowd by chance on thursday, and I cannot tell you how excited I am to know that this exists! I've been in Berlin for almost two months, and will probably be here for at least another 9. I'd really like to find someone who wants to travel as much as I do... so if anyone is interested please get in touch with me! Haley

Hello, I'm Ben. I arrived in Berlin from the UK on Tuesday and moved into a rented room by Oranienburger Tor today. I plan to be here for two months and hope to start German classes on Monday, and would love advice/suggestions on the best school and methods. I'm also hope for any activities people might be planning, or just a quiet coffee somewhere

Hi all,
I'm Rob. Have been in Berlin for a couple of years but am new to this forum... so Hi.

I found the Toy-Town when looking for jobs, there's not much for an ex-oil worker in Berlin i have to say!

Still, if anybody has any contacts to the chemical industry or anybody needs any help with Management Systems I'm all ears.

Might pop along to the weekly meet-up at some point to say hi.

Regards
Rob

Hi everyone
I am about to Berlin at the end of August to start teaching at one of the international schools. Big move as I'm coming from a wee Scottish island!
Need to start getting a life together out there, so it would be great to have some contacts built up before I get there. Also, if anyone knows of a nice apartment (that is happy to have a v well behaved doggy in it!) on the west side of the city that would be cool. I may even consider a room share.
Love sports, cinema and very excited about seeing all the cool stuff in Berlin. My German is none existent so help in all departments would be appreciated.
hope to see you all soon!
Caroline

Hi everyone! My name is Will, and I moved to Berlin two weeks ago from Australia. I'm now living in Prenzlauer Berg.

I've just started studying German at the GLS school, and making slow progress.

I will definitely come along to one of the meetups soon, it will be good to meet some new people here.

Cheers!
Will.

Hi,

i am Tina, 27...studied in Berlin pretty anglo-loving (just got dumbed by my ex-fiancé a brit) and would loooove to meet new interesting people in "my town"...I live in wedding and hey if you need help just pm me.

bye

Hi there,

I am Pankaj and have lived in Germany before (mostly down South). I am moving to Berlin from London and look forward to meeting some of you at the TT events.

hey I am Shelly, moved since april from Amsterdam to Berlin to be with my future husband! I am 27.. love going to (rock) concerts and enjoy the cinema.. I love drinking cocktails.. specially since they are so cheap here in Berlin I have made some friends here but it would be nice to meet more people who have the same interests and who are just fun to hang out with. See you soon! Shelly

Hi all,

my name is Jonny and i´ve just moved to Berlin from Malmö. I´ve been in Sweden since the start of the year. I´m a 29yr old Australian, was born in Adelaide and having been living in Melbourne for the past 4 years. I´m a photographer and am keen to meet new people. Particularly english speaking people while mein Deutsch ist zu schlect! Hope to meet you at the TT gatherings and discuss anything and everything further.

Cheers, Jonny.