One of our German phrases this week was the uplifting «Leben heisst nicht, zu warten, bis der Sturm vorbeizieht, sondern lernen, im Regen zu tanzen.» It means «Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, but about learning to dance in the rain.»
Late last week, a Swiss man was sentenced in Basel to three years in jail for stealing valuable bird feathers from European and Swiss museums. Between 2005 and 2012, the man stole more than...