20 years of change, some things stay the same in Germany

[reedrover]

Angela Merkel, the leader of Europe's richest country, still hoards food. That's how much power Cold War-era habits still hold over Germans like Merkel who grew up in the communist east, a full two decades after reunification

Comments

[elyth35]

you're so funny. I bet lots of famous politicians do their own laundry...just because they don't want anyone else to touch their dirty laundry.

ok, bad joke, I know.

[furrball]

Good point. However, I read this and turned to Jason to ask if it'd really been 20 years since the wall came down. Wow.

[fishy1]

that is awesome.

This made me think of that my mom still saves bacon grease because *her* mom used to, to give to the people in the neighborhood who made soap out of it. and we think bacon soap is trendy now..

[reedrover]

Really? I never knew people made soap from bacon grease. Where did your mom grow up?