Overview

• Dietmar Woidke is spending his break at the Baltic Sea reading David Grann’s Das Verbrechen in English and keeps his mobile phone on him for constant ministerial reachability.
• Ulrike Liedtke has headed to Trier with Michael Köhlmeier’s Das Philosophenschiff and a collection of poetry, choosing to silence her phone when immersed in music.
• Robert Crumbach plans to read Alfred Andersch’s Sansibar oder der letzte Grund and Ian Fleming’s Tschitti tschitti bäng bäng while deliberately setting aside his phone.
• René Wilke and Hanka Mittelstädt have embarked on ambitious Alpine hikes aimed at combining sport and nature for mental rejuvenation, with Wilke sharing landscape photos on his private Instagram.
• Benjamin Grimm is enjoying family time at Lake Garda and may balance occasional laptop use with leisure reading to complement his vacation.