Summary: <p>For our last episode of the year, we take you to a supermarket in the Dublin suburbs in 2006. We also discuss a string of mysterious explosions at Polish grocery stores in the Netherlands, doing a deal with Viktor Orbán, and the secret to happiness in Europe.</p> <p>This week's beautiful story was written by <a href="https://twitter.com/RichyCraven/status/1332095349176086536">Richy Craven</a>, read by <a href="https://twitter.com/darachos">Darach Ó Séaghdha</a>, and produced by Katz Laszlo. If you enjoyed it, please consider donating to <a href="https://www.barnardos.ie/">Barnardos</a>. You can check out Darach's podcast, Motherfoclóir, <a href="https://www.headstuff.org/motherfocloir/">here</a>, and listen to the sweet sounds of Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O'Brien <a href="https://eoghanultan.bandcamp.com/">here</a>. Other music from Lena Orsa and Timbre at <a href="https://freesound.org/">Freesound</a>.</p> <p>This week's Isolation Inspiration: <a href="https://www.hulu.com/series/the-great-238db0d4-c476-47ed-9bee-d326fd302f7d">The Great</a>, <a href="https://www.hbo.com/catherine-the-great">Catherine The Great</a>, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/116185/the-romanovs-by-simon-sebag-montefiore/">The Romanovs</a>, <a href="https://page.inplayer.com/livefromlondonchristmas/festivetreats/item.html?id=139957">Handel's Messiah from VOCES8</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Catch-Thief-Charles-Vanel/dp/B00FZDDHQG">To Catch A Thief</a> and <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81167683">ÜberWeihnachten</a>.</p> <p>Thank you so much for listening to The Europeans in 2020. We've loved making the show. If you'd like to help us keep going in 2021, you can chip in a few euros/dollars/pounds a month at <a href="http://patreon.com/europeanspodcast">patreon.com/europeanspodcast</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/EuropeansPod">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/europeanspodcast/">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/europeanspodcast/">Facebook</a> | hello@europeanspodcast.com</p>
