1. New Years Eve went off in my village, without police sirens, or ambulances. Elsewhere....not so safe.
Explosion at some ski-resort in Switzerland....several dead. Two dead in Berlin (18-year olds)....attempting to make home-made fireworks.
2. 2nd bank box robbery? Well...out of Bonn....two boxes were broken into....significant amount of gold coins/bars taken.
3. N-TV news item....2023 numbers....over 1-million Germans had some form of alcohol rehab during that year.
4. I watched the ZDF (public TV, Channel 2) New Year's eve program last night. First year it was ever done in Hamburg. Outdoors....on the harbor....max of maybe 9k folks. Awful cold....drizzle....camera would try to show people, but at time I thought there were fewer than 3,000 watching the show.
5. Some effort.....trying to create a way for you to walk into a German train-station....hand over your bags as you travel to Frankfurt's Airport, and the bag is sent onto the airline terminal automatically. Airlines think it's a great idea....Bahn folks aren't happy over it.
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