With just 23 days left until the World Cup begins, we thought it was about time to fire up the Young Germany World Cup Blog.  We’ve got writers who will be reporting on World Cup happenings from Pakistan, Ghana, South Africa, Japan, and, of course, Germany.

Our first World Cup blogger is an Irish fellow who fell for Berlin and hasn’t looked back.  Check back tomorrow for his first post. 

Der Irische Berliner, the newest member of the Young Germany World Cup Blogging Team

Irish in Berlin

Ciarán Fahey came to Berlin on St. Patrick’s Day 2008, to live, love, and learn all there was to be lived, loved, and learned in this wonderful city. And for Kürbiskernbrot.

Expecting the school German learned 13 years previously to come flooding back as soon as he stepped on German soil, he was disappointed to find it didn’t. Na ja!

He was consequently relieved to find Berliners love to have their language butchered by foreigners, a phenomenon described as niedlich.

Two stolen bikes, five mobile phones, and countless Sternis later, he doesn’t see any reason to live anywhere else, especially when every day is an adventure of unpredictable possibilities, probabilities, and potentialities. When not working on amusing alliteration combinations or ignoring Betreten Verboten signs, he works as a freelance journalist whose raving reports and rantings can be found on www.irishberliner.com.

Would you like to become a Young Germany World Cup Blogger?

We’re still looking for enthusiastic football fans interested in blogging about their impressions of the South Africa World Cup.  Become a Young Germany fan on facebook and send us a message to let us know you’re interested.