West Germans really want to blame the lack of denazification in the DDR for the rise of the AfD in the East despite the fact that the DDR did way more comprehensive denazification than the West. They do this because it’s easier than looking at how wealth disparity is fertile ground for fascism.

“Other struggling people aren’t the enemy.” ~ Nathan Monk

Not a public office, but relocation firm that was supposed to help us. Our contact went on mat leave, person covering her takes vacation. After a few weeks of unanswered mails, husband's HR calls, *then* we get a snarky reply msg to stop sending emails bc "no one is reading them." Maybe let us know?

The introduction of London's ultra low emissions zone has seen 40% of schoolkids switch from being driven to school to walking. #ShareGoodNewsToogrist.org/cities/londo...

London saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More active kids

Four in 10 London children stopped driving and started walking to school a year after the city's clean air zone went into effect.

'Their' should be 'these'

My sense is that these are much less common than they were, but the administration of many of their schools have not adjusted their approach (in many areas)

I will DM you to see! I think a lot of them are used to dealing with the 'old' type of expats. The ones on big corporate relocations that were temporary.

Thanks! Yes, we also felt that they [school] assume the kids will study in either UK/US or Ireland, maybe Netherlands. But we found several other families who had students at German schools or planned to.

New on the blog: Looking at college and university as an international student in Germany. Link is here: www.diealtefrau.com/...

Oh wow! My first concert was Rick Springfield at Engel Stadium in Chattanooga. Sounds bigger than it was. 'Jesse's Girl' had just hit and he played on a stage set up in the outfield to maybe a couple hundred people. I was 10 and mortified that women were throwing their underwear on stage.