Even Greener Pastures

Steven, theoretisch kannst Du nach Deutschland fahren wenn du einen Test gemacht hast (spätestens 48 Stunden vor dem Eintritt). So musst Du Dich nicht 14 Taagen lang isolieren.
https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Tests.html

Aber die Situation kann sich plötzlich ändern. Ich würde kein Flugticket buchen, das Geld bekommst Du kaum zurück.
Warte bis auf nächstes Jahr. Es wird schon gehen und deine Mutter braucht dich jetzt. Deutschland kann warten.

Leider gilt das nur für diejenigen, die die Staatsbürgerschaft eines EU-Mitgliedstaates besitzen, die aus bestimmten Corona-gefährdeten Ländern, wie den USA, heimkehren. Aber für einfache Reisende aus den USA, gibt es immer noch ein Einreiseverbot. Hoffentlich wir’s bald aufgehoben, aber wie wäre das möglich, wenn wir immer noch so viele Corona-Fälle haben?

Never heard about this kind of disaster. Looked up that incredible story on Wikipedia and found the London Beer Flood in 1814
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood

Steven, theoretisch kannst Du nach Deutschland fahren wenn du einen Test gemacht hast (spätestens 48 Stunden vor dem Eintritt). So musst Du Dich nicht 14 Taagen lang isolieren.
https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Tests.html

Aber die Situation kann sich plötzlich ändern. Ich würde kein Flugticket buchen, das Geld bekommst Du kaum zurück.
Warte bis auf nächstes Jahr. Es wird schon gehen und deine Mutter braucht dich jetzt. Deutschland kann warten.

I am sorry SHL that things are so bad with this virus and that you are afraid to get trapped. How long it will last is hard to say, but there are promising news about different vaccine ready for next year.
People really do not travel very far, even in Europe, mostly they go to visit friends or family in their own or neighboring countries, mostly by private car or train (mask is compulsory).
I do not know how it is in German airports, but where I live there are little controls. Theoretically, you should self confine during 10 days at your arrival, if you come from a “RED” country. But it seems that it is all based on personal responsibility.
If you want to come to Europe maybe you should try to stay a week in Iceland...did you check that option?

P.S. sorry for your Mom, let’s hope it will be ok.

Thanks, Nobody, about the kind words about mom. My sisters and I are worried about her.

Iceland is closed to us too (it’s a Schengen area country like Switzerland). Yeah, there’s no where to go really (like I said, except maybe Russia, which is about as bad with Covid as the US).  I’ve never experienced anything like this. But, that’s true for a lot of the world. I guess all we can do is hope things get better. And soon.

Nice hearing from you.

Take care

Steven

It's not looking great, is it? Sorry you guys ended up so isolated. Regarding how long it's going to last, my crystal ball remains silent. A few months back, I argued about it with some know-it-all on a certain language learning website and he claimed that it had peaked and no way would there be more than 400 000 deaths worldwide. The deaths just exceeded 600 000. We're almost back to normal here now but as they started loosening the restrictions, there were more cases, as expected. It's been bearable so far, though.

I travelled to Austria with my friends and came back with what looked a lot like COVID so I had another one of those delightful between-your-nose-and-your-brain swabs and luckily it was negative so I am free to leave my bedroom now (I was worried I might give it to my parents). How's your mother doing?

Yeah, this has been a terrible year for everyone it seems. Glad you’re doing okay. A couple of attorneys in our local court tested positive for Covid, but I don’t think they are in that bad of shape. Not yet. Who knows what will happen in the future. This thing is really out there. Some people (Trump supporters most likely), not so much around where I live in the US, are really being stupid about this, like refusing masks, or acting like everything is back to normal, when it’s not. That‘s why we’ve got the highest rates in the world, and I think 3rd highest death rates from it.

As to my mother, at first we thought things would be okay for her, because he CT scan looked good. No evidence of cancer. But, she developed swollen lymph nodes in her neck a week ago or so. An urgent care doctor she saw didn‘t know what was causing it and gave her some antibiotics. But, the antibiotics didn’t clear it up, although she thinks they might have helped a little.

She had a biopsy of the lymph node in her armpit last week, and the never got the results of it. She already had an appointment to see the same doc as a follow-up on Tuesday, but that doctor‘s office called her today and the doctor wants to see her tomorrow, earlier than expected. That’s not a good sign. So, I’ll be taking her tomorrow at 12:20. So at the moment things don’t sound that great for her. Sorry to say.