*Blaue Augen*

Did you know what are called bruised or "black" eyes in English are called "blue eyes" in German?

How does that make sense when people like me have blue eyes all the time?

*Germany's Done with Payments*

Did you know, as of the German Unification Holiday yesterday, Germany is done with the reparation payments from WWI?

See this article.

And here's an interesting photo gallery with pictures of East Germany right after the wall fell and again many years later.