Hi Alan, I’m thrilled to hear you are enjoying a bit of gardening with the help of your gardner from Bulgaria. Has he or she taught you a couple of phrase in Bulgarian yet 
As for the current situation in Germany, it’s definitely much better than in countries like the US or the UK but many analysts say that about 80% of this success is due the fact that the Germans were seeing the horrific pictures from Bergamo. Now the mood here has changed and an alarmingly high number of Germans have started to act as corona never happened. So, it’s very likely that we are getting hit by a second wave of infections within the next couple of weeks.
On a positive note, what do you think of Why we need Universal Basic Services?