Category: Germany

I happened to arrive in Germany on unofficial Let’s Mock Liechtenstein Day. As far as I could make out, Germany had just discovered that some people had been able to set up bank accounts in Liechtenstein under fake names, stick their money and avoid getting taxed on those assets. I was like, what, this is…

My Lufthansa seatmate had gone to school in Heidelberg, and he was surprised that I wasn’t going to be staying in the town, but rather in the little suburb of Dossenheim. “What’s in Dossenheim?” he asked me. “The White Rock,” I burblingly replied. “I’m going to go hiking to the White Rock.” “Well, what’s up…

I was very surprised on this trip to find out how much easier it was getting in and out of Germany than it was doing the same thing out of my very own country. The lines through the security checkpoint at SFO were long and slow-moving and person after person had to virtually disrobe: off…