1. I spent part of yesterday in France....a brief shopping trip.
So on the way back....German border comes up, and the cops have a station set up for 'checks'....on the autobahn. We were waved on through...no stop. Just odd....haven't been stopped at the border since the 1980s.
2. 'Hart Aber Fair' came on last night (public forum show, ARD...Channel One of public TV). Topic? Supporters of Israel and pro-Palestinian sides gave a big talk over the 'war'.
I'll just say after about 20 minutes....moderator WAS NOT in control and this forum ran reckless. Somewhere by the 25th minute....I cut to another channel.
This subject on a top 10 or top 20 list of German topics? Maybe if you are German-Jewish or German-Mid-Eastern....but I would say this is not even a top 100 talking situation for most working-class Germans.
3. Ulrich Reitz wrote up a fine commentary (in FOCUS) over the German Interior Minister (Faeser, SPD Party).....with the subject that clearly things need to happen over the number of knife assaults in Germany. His key point? Well....it's time to engage on serious migration changes.
Faeser key push? She wants more stop-and-frisk approvals....city-by-city.
This knife assault business worrying the public? Well....if you live in a urbanized 'zone' (Frankfurt or Hamburg for example)....yeah, you probably pay more attention to your surroundings.
4. The most direct Bahn/railway route between Hamburg and Berlin? Down for renovation....at least six months.
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Out of interest, where do you go to shop in France? We usually drive due south from Wiesbaden to Wissembourg or Lauterbourg supermarkets on the border.
Cora at Forbach....I usually have a stop at the credit union on Ramstein for some purpose (occasionally BX/Commissary), then head west on the autobahn (30 min later). It's right off the autobahn in France. I've used the Cora at Bitche but that's a stressful drive on 2-lanes roads.
What I'll admit...bigger wine selection there....premium fruit section, and Evian water for half the price you have at any German drink shop. Beyond that.....German supermarkets just as good. Oh, and lot of great mustards (not to insult the German guys).
And yeah....I do have an addiction to Evian 'glacier' water.
Thanks... beer, wine, cheese, deli our usual haul. Incredibly cheap sekt/cremant direct from the factory in Wissembourg.
Will check out the western option.
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