We were reminded today the significance of the lettering on the German license plate. They begin with a letter or two that specify which city the car is from. It is similar to the American license plate that has the state name up on top of the plate. We began to discuss the book “Germany: Unraveling an Enigma” in class today. We talked about Germany’s enigmas and it made me think of what a few of America’s enigmas would look like. How could a nation that was so ready to help stop the holocaust make legal the killing of unborn life in the mother’s womb? How could a nation of freedom not allow prayer in public schools? If I thought about it long enough, the list would be endless.
At dinner I sat at a table with a man by the name of Volkshart Reik. Hannah D. began a conversation with him and Kelley translated for us. We found out that he was from Northern Germany, which I could notice in the way he spoke. His dialect was different than what I have been hearing here on my stay. He shared that his wife of 45 years had passed away 6 months ago. Something that they would always do together was go Square Dancing. This was the first time sense she dead that he had gone on a trip to go line dancing without her. He described the outfit that he would wear and by what I could tell, he went all out whenever he went square dancing. He even said that he had a real gun and holster for the outfit. But only on a rare occasion would he be able to wear that.
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