Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

That totally depends on what they had for breakfast, the only legal proof is an official ID card which the UK doesn`t have or a Passport.
Why do you think the foreign office tell you to always carry your original in date passport ?

When we have to send our passport to Madrid for renewal we are actualy breaking the law for a couple of weeks.

Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

No , I can't disagree with you ;
just why the U.K. can't get to provide an acceptable I.D. card , would make for a nice long new thread , don't you think ?
In the interim , I absolutely must mention how incredibly helpful , flexible and/or forgiving various police officers have been to me ( on any number of occassions ) ;
yepp , to a a Brit ( = Foreigner ) in the last 20-30 odd years , from Catalunya to Austria , in BeNeLux and Germany , Liechtenstein and Cyprus and Slovenia ...
- no positive nor pleasant experiences of any such lucks with our own , stuck up , jumped-up "force" in the U.K. , sadly !

Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

Ray my friend..after such a long time..stabbing me in my back:huh:. ;-)

I'm actual ok now...hubby was offered a A3 in shape again and begging me to move back to Belgium..not a chance...then he got a job offer in Norfolk US, they were desperate to get him over there..wifes sending me emails with pics, boss phoning me up. Our children are 12 and 15 and just started her GCSE...not a good time to move to the US. So he took the job in Somerset, not really what he wanted but at least still with NATO.
Cant wait to move to Somerset and leave London behind us, unfortunate he has to start in Spring this year and I have to stay behind with girls until summer 2011 to finish GCSE..buhu.

I couldn't believe how impossible it is to change school during GCSE .

Belgium in the top 10 to best to live countries...cant believe it:blink:

Hopefully Somerset will be the place to settle down. buy a house and enjoy live a bit more.

Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

I'm actually not disagreeing with anything at all...I just made a joke about the deporting part..that's all.
Besides..found it funny that you were telling me how it works in Germany ;-)

Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

Good to learn that you are "O.K." now !
The bit about any back-stabbing : I don't quite get...ne'ermind ?
As for Belgium in the world's Top 10 , again : it was in The Independent , last week , plus in a few other papers ; same old reasons , I suppose - like excellent infrastructure , top health arrangements , easy to get in & out of , best beer , fine food , chic ladies...one could wax lyrically forever ( well , almost ! ) ; it can be a bit on the expensive side , but : where is that not the case , nowadays ? ( Germany scored better still , anycase . )

Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

I wasn't telling you how it works. You may have misunderstood the use of 'you' which in English can work the same as 'man' in German (not only as Sie).
This is an open forum for expats in Germany and the question is "Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?", so my answer is made on that basis. Despite what you had said in an earlier post in this thread (not required to carry) there were still questions being asked. The definitive answer is "No, you don't" which I am sure you can agree with.

Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

Ray..the back stabbing bit was only a joke, because when MrNosey wrote what I'm disagreeing the next reply was yours, writing "Could be : Life , generally ?" I thought that was funny.;)

OK Belgium...never mind all that being in the top 10, 100 horses couldn't drag me back there, which is a shame really, because with a A3 working for Nato we would be very well of, plus NATO pays for UNI for the kids.
I really wish I would like it over there.
Maybe it would have been different moving to the Flemish part, but I didn't wanted to take that risk..getting 50 in February and starting to feel it.
Just want to settle and besides, I like it in England..just not around London.

Take care:)

Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

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Originally Posted by eurotramp View Post
Where to..the UK Oh dear..who wants to live there again..after you made it al the way to Germany


It looks like you were talking to me;) otherwise don't quote me when you answer.

As for this little number

Oh really....:lol:

I think you fit very well in in Germany;)

Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

Evere ( where NATO HQ is , en route to/from Zaventem airport ) is Flemish , as are big stretches east and north from there ;
the problem being : once you're not in/around Bruxelles , the shopping gets significantly more limited and less sophisticated ; the life can appear duller ; the worst of all , to buy a decent house in Vlaanderen could cost just as much ( or more , even ? ) than in nice parts of England .
Good Luck with settling in Somerset !

Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

the life can appear duller


Oh yes, dont I know all about this..and then double this living in the Walloon.

I had a look around the English school for houses just to give it a go and try to be cooperative, but what I have seen drove water into my eys and this after almost 4 years of house searching in greater London.
We went to Somerset and had a look...its fantastic and everything I ever wanted. OK is not what he wanted..but it has to go ones what's best for the family. He will survive and maybe there is for once some space to do something with his live besides his work for NATO ;)

Re: Is ID really compulsory all the time in Germany?
 

Good grief. And for sure you're a German - always needing to get the last word in. :thumbup: