It’s the end of an era, or at least it’s the end of this podcast. After 250 episodes, Nic, Simon, and Producer Simon have reached their final episode. No, I’m not crying…you’re crying… Find out more on Ep 249, coming Saturday morning!

Today is your last chance to submit a voice message for inclusion in our last episode of "Decades from Home", episode 250, which will be published this coming Saturday. Link to our email can be found in bio.

There's just 2 days left to send us your voice message for inclusion in "Decades from Home's" last episode, which will be published this coming Saturday. Email link in bio.

How's your Sunday looking? It's going to be a wet one here in the west of Germany..... Perhaps you're stuck inside too, which makes it a great time to record and email us a voice message for inclusion in our very last episode, ep250. Send us your message by Tuesday 23rd September. Email link in bio.

As we approach the finish line, we focus much of the episode on buffet strategy, but still have time to hear about Nic's recent trip to the UK.... which triggers a biscuit-related rant from Simon. Ep 249: "Vorletzte Haltestelle". Out now!

It's the weekend, which means it's a great time to record and send us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode of "Decades from Home", ep 250. Send us your message by next Tuesday, 23rd September. Our email address can be found in bio.

For our penultimate episode we have a listener email to pore over. We also outline strategies for maximising a hotel buffet. Finally Nic tells us about a dream pub lunch and we ponder who sends out the worst tourists, Britain or Germany? Ep 249: "Vorletzte Haltestelle". Out now!

Yes! That's right! There's still time to email us a voice message for inclusion in episode 250, our last episode. Get your message to us by next Tuesday, 23rd September. Email link in bio.

How do you pronounce muesli? Seems obvious, right? So how come Nic seems to be adding new vowels when he says it? Simon and Producer Simon try and work it out… Find out more on Ep 249, coming Saturday morning!

Less than a week!!! Yep, that's right! If you want to leave us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode, Ep250, please email it to us by Tuesday 23rd September. Email link in bio.

Would you like to hear your own voice on a world-famous podcast? Send us a voice message by 23 September and feature in our last episode. Contact address in bio.

With the publication date of our last episode (Ep 250) fast approaching, this is your daily reminder to email us a voice message for inclusion in the final ever episode of "Decades from Home". Email address can be found in bio.

We visit the slightly odd world of the local Freibad with Nic and discuss the retirement of a one-man bottle-capping factory. We also look at a case of rainwater theft and ask whether rainwater can really belong to anyone? Find out more on Ep 248: "Rainer vs the Machine". Out now!

Hey "Decades from Home" fans..... You have just 9 days left to email us your voice message for inclusion in our last episode. Our email address can be found in our bio.

Have you considered recording us a voice message for our last episode - episode 250? Please get it to us via email (link in bio) by 23 September.

Counting down to the release of our last episode.... If you'd like to send us a voice message for inclusion in our last episode, please send us your voice message by 23 September.

We visit the slightly odd world of the local Freibad with Nic and discuss the retirement of a one-man bottle-capping factory. We also look at a case of rainwater theft and ask whether rainwater can really belong to anyone? Find out more on Ep 248: "Rainer vs the Machine". Out now!

Food? Next to a swimming pool? What is this European novelty? Well, not as European as Nic & Simon assume, but there’s still no excuse to eat schnitzel and pommes next to the shallow end…surely? Find out more on Ep 248, coming Saturday morning!

Listening to your tale, Simon, reminded me of a confrontation with a neighbour a few years ago, after we'd salted the sidewalk during winter, and she moaned we'd used too much salt for her dog (handbag-sized, which she could have picked up). So I just said, "Would you rather break a leg instead?" 🤔😆

Listening/reading to the podcast via Spotify and the (auto??) subtitles are having a field day with Nic's German! 😂😂😂

Quark - the cure-all for everything, right? RIGHT!?? Find out more on episode 247: "Farmer Drama". Out now.

There’s nothing like a language to cause confusion, as Producer Simon discovers when he gets on the wrong side of a farmer. How do you say “get off my land!” in German? We find out! Find out more on Ep 247, coming Saturday morning!

We’ve discussed the topic of integration on the podcast a few times, but how integrated do your hosts feel now that we’re bringing things to a close? Simon asks the important questions while Nic and Producer Simon provide the answers. Find out more on Ep 246: "The Sprudelwasser Express". Out now.

How integrated do your hosts feel? Simon asks the important questions to find out how German we’ve all become: do we have any cash to hand, do we know how to recycle a pizza box, and can we handle the shops being closed on Sunday? Find out more on Ep 246: The Sprudelwasser Express. Out now!

The contents of your wallet can tell someone exactly how German a person is, or at least that’s what Simon believes anyway. He puts Nic and Producer Simon through their paces to find out how integrated we all really are! Find out more on Ep 246, coming Saturday morning!

Simon has been back to the Allianz Arena and can now tell us what's to be had at a Bayern Munich buffet. We also report on the "Clubsterben" (the death of clubs) rocking Berlin and discuss similar issues across hospitality. Find out more on Ep 245: "Champagne & Kia-Ora". Out now!

This week Simon enjoys the corporate seats at the Allianz Arena and tells us all what makes a Bayern Munich buffet. We also look at "Clubsterben" (the death of clubs) in Berlin and discuss similar issues across hospitality. Find out more on Ep 245: "Champagne & Kia-Ora". Out now!

How do you deal with fans? We’re not exactly experts, but Nic met one once…Simon did not meet our fan, and he’s still regretting it all these years later! Find out more on Ep 245, coming Saturday morning!

This week we discuss Jugendwort des Jahres 2025 and the pernicious influence of English. We also look at the world of tattooing and ask Simon about his changing views on tattoos. Find out more on Ep 244: "Goon Squad". Out now!

It’s time once again for Germany to go full crazy for Jugendwort des Jahres 2025!!! We discuss the pernicious influence of English, and learn far more about the word “Goonen” than anyone ever needed to know. Find out more on Ep 244: "Goon Squad". Out now!

It’s time once again for Jugendwort des Jahres!!! We discuss the contenders, and learn far more about the word “Goonen” than anyone ever needed to know. Find out more on Ep 244, coming Saturday morning!

Simon shares his list of best/worst German names for hairdressers, but how much should we be paying for a haircut, and how much do you tip for the best haircut you've ever had? Find out more on Ep 243: Handybitch, Out Now!

Simon shares his list of the best/worst German shop names, we discuss the fear of straight razors, and we finish on the world’s largest Knödel. Find out more on Ep 243. Out now!

What makes a good name for a German hairdresser? Apparently awful English puns are one way to go. We discuss the best/worst choices, and why haircuts on a boat are only for the brave...or stupid. Find out more on Ep 243, coming Saturday morning!

German UNESCO World Heritage sites.... Bavarian belligerence over school holidays.... The greatest debate of all time.... Sounds like we covered everything this week. Episodw 242: "Tanks vs Castles". Out now!

We talk tourist sites this week, 3 in particular that are the newest German UNESCO World Heritage sites. We question Bavarian belligerence over school holidays, and finish on a debate that has baffled the world’s greatest minds. Find out more on Ep 242: "Tanks vs Castles". Out now!

This is a podcast about Germany, but sometimes it's nice to stretch our legs to another topic, like the Great Wall of China...which you can't see from space...but the peaches are nice. Find out more on Ep 242, coming Saturday morning!

Beer tents, Schlager and the cleanest public toilets ever seen = Nic's recipe for a perfect summer. Oh, and a Lionesses victory at the Euros. Find out more on Ep 241: Porzellan Prince. Out now!

Nic has a perfect recipe for summer; beer tents, schlager, and the cleanest public toilets ever seen. We discuss the exciting new UK/German friendship treaty, and we finish on a chaotic TV interview with the Far-right AfD. Find out more on Ep 2241: Porzellan Prince, Out Now!

What constitutes a weekend festival? We have no idea, but Nic reckons he might have been to one when his village closed the main street, built a stage, and Schlager singers started warbling. It's not Glastonbury, but it was certainly...something... Find out more on Ep 241, coming Saturday morning!

Nic can't escape The Hoff, Simon's been to the Flohmarkt, we examine Edeka's attempts to facilitate flirting and finish on a German backpacker who surzived the Oz outback. Ep 240: Animal + Verb. Out now!

This week, Nic has an unexpected encounter with David Hasselhoff, and Simon buys some slate out the back of a van. We find out how to effectively flirt at a supermarket, and we finish on a German backpacker who survived the Australian outback. Find out more on Ep 240: "Animal + Verb". Out Now!

What's the most German thing you can find at a Flohmarkt? Well, you might assume most things if you’re in Germany, but that isn’t necessarily true. Simon goes looking for a some bargains, including the odd piece of slate and some fetching beer glasses. Find out more on Ep 240, coming Saturday!

In this week's episode, we take a look at Germany's attitude to escaping prison, we learn of the 24 carat gold “Dubai Döner”, and we close bmwwll finding out Germany’s safest cities. Find out more on Ep 239: Legumes for Days.

Germany has a reputation for seriousness, but how serious can they be if escaping prison is totally legal? Weeks ago we learned of the €3.99 kebap in Bochum, now we learn of the 24 carat gold “Dubai Döner”. We close by finding out Germany’s safest cities. Find out more on Ep 239: Legumes for Days

It was always the fear that putting three men behind some microphones might lead to talking about WWII tanks and gardening, and so it transpires. We don't all have to like it though... Find out more on Ep 239, coming Saturday morning!

It shocked me when you complained about a 2 euro scoop of ice cream. In Wiesbaden that's on the lower end of the scale for sure. Some charge different prices for different flavors. One ice cream parlor charges 50 cents extra for their pistachio ice cream, and I think the other flavors cost 2.30

In this week's episode we cover Germany's most recent heatwave, the joy of a local Dorffest, and the start of the Women's Euros tournament. Episode 238 "Hitze spitze" out now!

It’s been hot this week in Germany, resulting in a lot of the weird and wonderful. The wonderful: a Dorffest. The weird: too much Tzatziki, much to Simon’s annoyance. We finish off with bad tattoos, England’s Georgia Stanway, and the start of Euro 2025. Find out more on Ep 238! Out now!

This week, we wonder why German restaurants seem so confused by desserts, and if German restaurant goers are the toughest possible crowd to please. Find out more on Ep 238, coming Saturday morning!