1. January 2027....the Deutschland-Card....giving you free access to bus, tram and 2nd-class travel throughout Germany (each month)....goes up to 66.80 Euro. As long as you don't need high speed ICE travel...it's a bargain deal.
2. Over the hill from me....old grocery is shutting down, and renovation taking place. Once complete.....it will be a 24-hour operation....365 days a year. Yes, even at 1 AM....you go over....swipe your card, and it gives you access to a mini-mart (figure a 50 ft by 30 ft store-front, essentials). Radical change for Germans. Store will only be manned 6 days a week....from 7AM to 7 PM....rest of the day....automated system and cameras in place to monitor things.
3. Focus journalist went out and interviewed 300 Germans who 'want' to exit Germany. At the end of these conversations....he found that most listed conditions (perfect country)....and they can't really find such a place.
My wife (German) has the same mentality.
4. Chancellor gave a talk this AM....says 'no' to sugar-tax idea of SPD. Temp-hold going on.
5. Talk this AM over BER (Berlin's new airport). When it first got suggested (20 years ago)...it was said that around 340 million Euro was the cost.
Presently....open and operational....with some improvements still on the books....the cost is at 2.5-billiion Euro to finish.
6. After a pretty dry September (one ten-day period of shows off/on for 2nd-half of August)....weather folks are finally talking about ten to fifteen days of rain in October. Extremely dry year for 2026.
7. Small town here in my state of Hessen....police are doing a investigation. Some kid on a E-scooter....crashed while the police were trying to pull him over. Cops say it was getting up to 80 kilometers per hour.
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