Although the EU guarantees the right to work in other member countries, there are still quite a few things need sorting out before life in the EU is as straight-forward for its citizens as life for Americans is when they move from one state to another. Here some examples from our experience over the last weeks:
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The following probably seems quite normal to any German reading this, after all we had price controls on practically everything here until July 2001 (Shops couldn’t offer products more than 3% under list price without breaking the law.). Even today there are still price controls for books, maps, and sheet music in Germany. . . . → Read More: German price controls You can check on the spread of flu in several countries on Google – they have discovered a correlation between the spread of flu and the use of their search engine for things to do with flu! One strange thing, however – most western European countries are represented, but there’s no information for . . . → Read More: Flu Trends on Google We have received the results of the land registry checks that our abogado (lawyer) in Spain has made on the plot we want to buy. I am impressed. The time to get the information was less than a week, and the land registry for the whole of Spain is on-line, with basic information available . . . → Read More: The Spanish Land Registry online I have seen lots of ways to open beer bottles and other containers without the right tools, but this trick is new to me – seems to be highly effective. Worth remembering for emergencies! (via boing boing) |
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