john_b

Transferwise

  https://twitter.com/Beany_1/status/1290730956861603840?s=20        

  Trump finally gets the interviewer he deserves   https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1290867644263014400    

Almost pointless to post anything in this moribund thread, but a new Indian restaurant has opened in Kreuzberg offering "cuisines of North and South India". Swadesh, Falckenstein Straße 44A, 10997 Berlin.   Yes - I know. But FWIW...

  It should be the citizenship certificate. BTW don't wait till you collect it to book an appointment for your Ausweis / Pass, you should do that now online as it will take long enough as it is. Search across the whole of Berlin, it doesn't have to be your local Bürgeramt.

My wife and I have a joint NatWest GBP account (I added her to it when we moved back to the UK for a period of 7 years).    It's an account I still  use occasionally when I'm issuing an invoice to an entity in the UK, but it's fairly dormant at the moment.   As my wife is a German citizen, I'm wondering if there are any issues likely to arise post-Brexit? Tax or otherwise? Maybe it would be better to change the joint account status back to just me?   Anybody looked into this in more detail? Would appreciate concrete examples / experience rather than speculation.   Thanks    

  As it happens, I'm in favour of the UK maintaining a critical attitude on such security issues, whether emanating from China, Russia or elsewhere. But broadly I agree with the overall conclusions of the article.

Stay tuned.   https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/24/business/brexit-trade-deals-boris-johnson/index.html

A new start built on old lies   https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/a-new-start-built-on-old-lies.html?m=1

And here's an article that appeared back in February.   https://europestreet.news/locked-out-the-brits-in-the-eu-who-may-not-be-able-to-return-to-the-uk/   Another reason I won't be going back to live in the UK...    

Here are some tips about how to get an appointment. Not sure if all are still valid.   https://berlincheap.com/earlier-burgeramt-appointment/   I've found that as long as you search "Berlinweit" and are prepared to travel, you can usually nab a cancellation without too much trouble. Having said that, I haven't needed an appointment during Corona...

  For those who still want "PG bl00dy tips"  you can find large catering packs of teabags in various Asian/Indian stores around Berlin at normal prices, for instance Zora Supermarkt, Kottbusser Damm 93.     

  https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-president-is-shilling-beans  

More Brexiteer bollocks on the WA   https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/brexit-gets-more-real-brexiters-get.html

Register at Bundesagentur für Arbeit - enter "Erzieher/in" and your postcode and you'll get plenty results. Such is the nature of the field that they're always looking for people, and may help you get a qualification over time.   https://arbeitsagentur.de/   Assuming your German is up to speed...