Hello and Welcome to my first post!
This is quite a new experience for me and I want to let you in on some of my views of things and experiences in everyday life. In the near future I want to share my thoughts on American and German stereotypes, how I deal with all the cultural differencies, share my likes and dislikes about Germany and Germans and also show you what I think about my gaming experiences in the online community of World of Tanks. And finally, you will also get to know some soap operas and drama stories about my army time.

But first, who am I and where do I come from?
So, my name is Daniel and I am 29 years old. I was born and grew up ( at least a little) in East Germany´s former German Democratic Republic. In 2000 my family moved to Berlin, where I graduated from highschool. My majors where English and History. After highschool, I joined the army to do my 9 months military duty. Those 9 months turned into a 12 year term and now I am in my 10th year. If you wanna know my rank, look it up here: Nato Rank OR-6.
But the core of my life is my wife and the reason why I share everything I will is what we have experienced in the past years. We met 3 years ago but already knew each other for a couple of years. We were socalled pen-pals. On myspace. At the end of 2009 I asked her if I can come around and visit, because I always wanted to see the USA and she was the only american I knew. So we met in the beginning of 2010 and are together since then. We married in southern Germany in 2011. For 3 years my wife has been back and forth between the Midwest and Germany. We have 2 daughters.
And there are many things I have learned about the United States but even more about Germany!

So, have fun reading and thank you for being here!