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. . . if you can’t cheat?
One more drive-by post and then I am off to my stressed/depressed London preparations.
Seriously, these things only happen in Germany (or New Jersey)
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrat (SPD) health minister came under pressure Sunday to explain why she took her official limousine, complete with chauffeur, to Spain where the vehicle was stolen.
I also thought this was interesting – a ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday, adding Schmidt had used the Mercedes for official meetings to discuss healthcare and pensions with Germans who had retired to Spain.
It appears that I need to keep working on my Spanish.
hasta pronto Freunde!
Around 5,000 new words have been officially added to the German language – many of them from the English-speaking world.
The newcomers appear in the latest edition of the respected German dictionary, Duden.
Germans can now go to “eine After-Show-Party”, as long as it is not “eine No-Go Area”, and meet “das It Girl” – if she does not have “der Babyblues”.
Paul’s message line: I feel like we owe the German language an apology
Germany makes it into the English-language press.
Cnn is running a story today:
Today the young people in East Germany would prefer to stay at home. Many of them must leave, however, because there are hardly any prospects for them in many regions of the former East. That’s the way it is in Hoyerswerda, a town near the Polish border where Sarah Stotzner will soon be packing her bags.
Here’s the link.
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