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Kurt Beren Geiger on advertising, politics and my life in general.

Another month has flown by and I guess it’s time to put this blog to some use. After 5 weeks I finally received notification from Germany’s illustrious Department of Customs. All I have to do is pay 199,90€ in taxes and fines and then I can pick up my confiscated belongings – at the same place I left them. The airport. And like I said last time, if that measly sum covers their costs, or my aggravation, them I’m a monkey’s uncle.
Now one can only assume that my experience is just a typical example of what happens in Europe’s largest economy on a day-to-day basis. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that last Sunday’s elections ended the way they did. But then, what do you expect from an election where the most exciting thing happening was the election itself? And of course the chance to get to see a billboard portraying Angela Merkel without makeup. No thank you.
But who am I to complain? I didn’t vote. I just pay taxes… And fines.