Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Vacation Woes

Last night, via ARD (public TV, Channel One), they ran an hour-long discussion/forum over the Coronavirus, and vacation 'thoughts' on Hart Aber Fair (Hard But Fair).

For non-Germans, from May through to September.....it's a major part of each year, and there will be strong thoughts about the location and intensity of this vacation.

So here in the midst of the Coronavirus....vacations are questionable.  Almost no one is discussing flying out of Germany.  What they are talking about are locations that are within five to ten hours of driving (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Czech, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, and northern Italy). 

Hard to imagine, but it was just four weeks ago that the hype was bans, no public gathering, and a long harsh summer.

Accepting this?  That's the real discussion item.  I think a lot of Germans are trying to invent some type of wild and exotic vacation....while visiting the white sandy beaches of Denmark. 

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