there shipments are not tracked outside of Germany, I believe - I never got any notice of shipping or anything
Oh no!

They send with German DHL and for Belgium DHL parcels are handed over to Bpost, the belgian national postal company.
Since mid last week there is a major strike going on at Bpost in Belgium, receiving letters & parcels here is a complete mess at the moment.
In some of the sorting & distribution centers. as I heard from someone who works there (and is not on strike), parcels almost fall out of the doors of the rooms were they stock them ...
If my order would already have been shipped and without tracking, I hope in these circumstances it doesn´t get lost.
