Europeans at heart.

Christa Klickermann comes from a world of sales figures, business plans and marketing concepts. For 25 enriching years this mother-of-three worked as a freelance marketing consultant for German and Austrian companies until one day she felt it was time for a change. In 2012 the Salzburg native moved to Hamburg with her husband and now spends her time living of writing travel- und culturebooks. With 'Europeans at heart', her ongoing travel- and culture book series, in her reading-dialogues, and on her blog europeans-at-heart.eu she likes moving and inspiring people for her lovely and lively europe.

First German press reviews:

Interview with Deutsche Welle TV:
“After reading this book, you will find it impossible not to fall in love with Europe.”

Schekker, the German Government’s online portal for young people:
“This collection of accounts delivers a brief but brilliant glimpse into life in Europe’s incredibly diverse countries, as well as lots of useful information and fabulous pictures that will fill you to the brim with wanderlust. Having taken a literary voyage through the continent via the pages of this book, I can definitely say that I am European at heart. What about you?”

Polen-pl.eu, online Polish culture portal:
“‘The one language that we all understand, and which closely connects all of us Europeans, is the language of the heart: the desire to understand, to empathise, to laugh and find out more about one another.’ And that, according to Christa Klickermann, is the key to living together in harmony. With her book, the author hopes to inspire us and imbue us with a sense of confidence about Europe’s future, and she more than succeeds in doing both. Her approach is so effective in fact that as a reader you feel tempted to take leave and embark on your own European journey of exploration.”

How can I write about Europe? Where do I start with this enormous, multifacetedcontinent that we call home, especially seeing as the news headlines do little toboost its image or to encourage us to actively play our part in shaping it? How canI try to tackle such a complicated topic, when I am neither a politician, a historian nor a professor of economics? Well, for me, the best way to write about Europe isto base my approach around my own knowledge, feelings and experiences - as an average European citizen, a woman, a working mum and grandma of three, an entrepreneur, who has both feet firmly on the ground. I invite you to join me on a very personal journey of discovery, featuring plenty of moments of surprise, wonderment and delight. I hope you enjoy the stories aboutour extended European homeland that I have collected along the way, and would like to recommend that you savour each one in the same way as I have experienced them: In neatly-packaged episodes. Christa Klickermann