Monday, November 17, 2025

17 Nov 2025: Germany: 7 Things

 1.  Focus piece this AM....ICE trains in the past month...only 62-percent punctual on time.

Over the past 5 years....I've been on ICE probably a dozen times....with only four of the trips that ran by the schedule.  Two of the trips ended up cancelled at some point, and a sub-plan had to be created out of thin air.

My general advice....don't plan a ICE trip to occur after 6PM.  You don't want to be in a mess during the evening hours.

2.  I watched the 3-part mini-series 'Herbertstrasse' last night via ZDF (public TV)....via the media-tech library.  I give it a thumbs up....worth watching (only in German).  Story follows a German gal....in the Hamburg prostitute world.....all true.

3.  Autobahn A45....German police called....body parts found of a female. Scattered over a number of miles.  Investigation continues. 

4.  One in six German young people....noted with a second citizenship.

5. Two-thirds of German women feel unsafe traveling after dark.

6. Over the weekend.....20 German schools in Berlin were identified for 'threat-situations' this week.  Police saying it's just BS.

7.  Here in my region snow flurries talked about for Wed....but temp appears to be in the 0-to-2-plus range....probably won't stick.

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