Germany to reopen all shops and schools in May

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1. We're still unsure of our travel status here

I called down to a friend in Zürich today, and he said that since he had an official job in Switzerland, he could cross the border when he liked, but his friends in Germany still can't enter Switzerland without official written justification. I still can't go to France, Belgium or Spain, although there are stirring of loosening that as well next week.

But so far, the "reopening" here only applies to domestic affairs. The situation with our neighbors is still no cross-border travel without official sanction, except for the Netherlands, which now permits cross-border travel for German and Dutch citizens. I am neither, of course, but I have a permanent residence permit for Germany. I haven't yet tried to test to see if that is good enough for the border guards.