Wednesday, January 7, 2026

The 70-Euro 'Deal'

 Grid repairs continue on in Berlin, and yesterday (Tuesday)...the city council finally agreed to provide residents of the affected areas....70 Euro per day.....for a hotel situation.

Driving force?  Well...they already paid to have refugees moved into alternate quarters, and put themselves into a awkward position by denying residents the deal.

Would 70 Euro cover a hotel room?  My view....this is the off-season....if you browsed carefully.....looking for a two-to-three star room....just outside of Berlin...yes, you could get a decent room for 70 Euro per night.

To be honest, you could get a package flight/hotel deal to Turkey at present....full week with meals included....for 2 people....659 Euro....3-star hotel.  I told the wife (German in nature)....that's my plan-B (no argument, she agreed).

The fact that the city council argued about this for 3 days?  Yeah, they lost some political points. 

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