This worked for me as well when I travelled with a new US passport, but the new eAT had not yet arrived

Church in Hörpel

Found this church on our bike ride today

Hershey’s Promises to Use Only Real Chocolate After Backlash

Is it even real chocolate? It depends… www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/b...

ChatGPT says: ⚠️ Only realistic danger scenario now&10;&10;HSV would need a combination of:&10; • A major collapse (e.g., 4–5 losses in a row)&10; • AND one or two teams below going on a strong winning streak&10;&10;Right now, the results you mentioned show the opposite trend.&10;&10;⸻&10;&10;✅ Bottom line&10; • The draw (to Augsburg) itself was neutral&10; • But combined with Wolfsburg losing and St. Pauli drawing → good outcome for HSV&10;&10;👉 HSV are now even safer than before, with survival looking very likely (~97%).

So I’m using ChatGPT for really useful stuff like the chances HSV stays in the Bundesliga 😛

Easter Fire 2027 https://scotthanson.eu/2026/04/04/easter-fire.html

Wolf in Hamburg am Jungfernstieg gefangen: Raubtier beißt Frau bei Ikea Altona ins Gesicht Anwohner hatten in einem Garten in Othmarschen ein Tier gesehen, das ausgesehen habe wie ein Wolf. Jetzt wurde das Tier gefangen.

www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/alto...

"Zu den Bissen kam es laut Polizei gegen 19 Uhr an der stark frequentierten Altonaer Einkaufsemeile Große Bergstraße… Eine Frau soll daraufhin versucht haben, das Tier „aus dem Gebäude zu führen“, hieß es… Der Wolf biss ihr daraufhin ins Gesicht. Schwer verletzt wurde sie ins Krankenhaus gebracht."

Frau in Altona gebissen: Polizei fängt Wolf an der Hamburger Binnenalster Die Polizei hat am Montagabend in der Hamburger Innenstadt einen Wolf eingefangen. Er hatte zuvor eine Frau in Altona angefallen. Offenbar handelt es sich um das Tier, das am Wochenende im Hamburger Westen gesichtet worden war.

Wolf caught by police in downtown Hamburg, had apparently wandered through the city since the weekend and attacked a woman

A stack of ancient computers, relieved of their hard drives, ready for recycling.

Today I pulled hard disks out of ancient computers so the computers can be recycled. Most went without a struggle, but that Dell Studio Hybrid gave me a nasty cut on my finger before surrendering.

So it works the opposite for men?

Outdoor café in the Lüneburger Heide, sunny day, cheesecake and bike helmet on the table, trees and bicycles in the background

Out for a ride

Buckelwal befreit sich in der Nacht von Ostsee-Sandbank Der an der Ostseeküste vor Niendorf gestrandete Buckelwal hat sich in der Nacht befreit. Der Wal schwimmt offenbar auf Kurs hinaus aus der Bucht.

And then he just slipped off unnoticed in the middle of the night. I guess in his position I would have done the same. www.zdfheute.de/panorama/ost...

I thought "kärchern" was a French verb. 😃 #sarkozy

We ended up settling for a normal bakery on the way home, so all was not lost.

That was our plan but after 24 km we found the Heide Kiosk had not yet opened for the season. 😿

Today for Eid, one of the shops in Harburg was wishing Happy Passover on their digital sign. 🤷

Not to mention Olaf Scholz having any relevance at all

Olaf Scholz? WTF?

Das ist ein Schritt zu weit. Wenn nicht sogar zwei.

In our Landkreis you can make an appointment to have it picked up at the street, although scrap hunters in dubious white vans usually pick up the valuable stuff the night before the garbage truck comes.

Any scrap metal dealers in your area? They might take it off your hands.

Wir denken auch an die Zeit nach dem Beruf. Gesundheit halten, Familie lieben, Gesellschaft dienen.

Sperrmüll! 😃

Both our Bundestagsabgeordneten and our Landtagsabgeordnete also serve on the Kreisrat and/or the Stadtrat.

In the German health care system, decent hospital food is a paid upgrade 😛

Post your fav Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

The prices are tourist-adjusted, I’m sure of that.

You lost me at “Mexican food” and “Times Square”.

Not sure if it’s comparable, but we own a duplex where the plot is “ideally divided“ between the two units. The deed office and our banks find it totally legit.

Eckernförde – Wikipedia

The coat-of-arms of my wife’s hometown features a squirrel de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckernf...