How does one get into the locker room of the Dutch team during the 1988 European Football Championship to meet stars Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard? How do you extract secrets from a taciturn Japanese Olympic gymnastics champion? How do you escape from brutal hooligans? Michael Jahn answers these and other questions in his travel memoirs. As a sports journalist, he has visited sports venues around the world for over 30 years, met numerous stars in person, and had a glimpse behind the scenes of the glamorous world of professional sports. He recounts how a world record-holding weightlifter unexpectedly showed up at his birthday party, how he met football idol Pelé, and how he was a guest of Vienna's nightclub king shortly after the legendary 0:3 defeat of the East German footballers at the Prater Stadium in Vienna, just after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His travel notes also reflect contemporary history and the rapid changes of the time.