The ZDF docudrama Rosenthal is worth watching. www.zdf.de/filme/ros… Rosenthal (Hans Rosenthal soll die 75. Sendung von “Dalli Dalli” ausgerechnet am 9. November 1978 live moderieren. Als jüdischer Holocaustüberlebender kaum denkbar. Wird er vor die Kamera treten?)
We have an excellent manager whose parental leave ends this summer. She’d love to come back part time but can’t get child care in Hamburg. She’s better off going on unemployment and hopes to come back in 2026. #PoorGermany
We not only have a published author in the family, but also a prize winner. Our niece Freya Petersen has won the Seraph prize for “Best Debut” German Fantasy Novel for “Die Mutter der Masken – Säure” awarded during the Leipzig Book Fair! #Seraph2025 www.instagram.com/p/DHv6cUx…
Dawson-Boyd is the neighbor town, not my hometown, but we’re streaming their MN State Championship game from Germany anyway. (PS They won!)
Blog post: Application approved scotthanson.de/2025/03/2…
I’ve just been notified that my application for German citizenship from last October has been approved. 😀🇩🇪
My wife together with this little crocheted pig are celebrating their first birthdays on Lanzarote. A year ago she got a new heart valve donated by one of his cousins. We will be forever grateful.
We now have a wage agreement (after arbitration) for the German QSR industry. Starting wage 13.50€ increasing to 14.40€ in 18 months. www.bundesverband-systemgastronomie.de/aktuelles…
Blog post: This time last year I was thinking about Beautiful Things (the song) scotthanson.de/2025/03/b…
Considering we are in the restaurant business, we’re really bad at planning meals for ourselves 🤷♂️
A year ago we started renting apartments to sublet to employees, since affordable apartments are not available otherwise. We just signed for the 4th and 5th, so we can trade up to a hotel now!
German coalition talks are not due to officially begin until 6 March, taking into account carnival season in the Rheinland 😀 www.theguardian.com/world/liv…
At the airport doom-reloading bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestag… to see if the BSW is in the Bundestag (currently at 4.985%, not in)
Seriously, ZDF, do I really need a VPN to stream live election TV coverage on the ZDFheute app in the US?
An appropriate headline for the election on Sunday: “Germany Is in Big Trouble, and Nobody Knows What to Do About It” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/2…
