Irene, a fashionable blonde, has always loved to travel the world. When she gets the chance to go to New York for a year, she grabs the opportunity without hesitation. Excited she leaves Germany to explore the Big Apple. Irene is convinced that she can have it all: a successful career, a happy relationship and a splendid life in the most exciting city of the world.
But she didn't anticipate all the trouble that would come her way. Her colleagues are a disaster and she finds herself in the middle of an affair with a married man whose wife threatens to kill herself. Irene finally finds the courage to break-up with him and meets the love of her life. But her new boyfriend gets cold feet and ends the relationship.
Meanwhile she has to deal with sexual harassment at the office and counts on her good friends that she has made in this fascinating city.
After her mother's life threatening illness, Irene figures out what is really important to her and fights for her dreams.
