Embedded in world history and written in an amusingly relaxed style, Saarland author Horst Grewenig recounts his eventful life full of ups and downs, which took him around the globe as a tiler, adventurer, and entrepreneur. Grewenig's memoirs cover topics such as the construction boom of the 1960s on the Côte d'Azur, the moss-green baths of the 1970s, the collapse of the USSR in the 1990s, the rising China of the late 1990s, a DTM racing team, and the battle against a serious illness. It all begins with his childhood in Saarland, in the quaint town of Riegelsberg. Includes 25 black-and-white and 3 color illustrations. The foreword is written by Prof. Meinrad Grewenig, UNESCO World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte.