This will be my last post for this trip, as Rob and I have arrived home safely. Rob is working on his final post, as well; he'll be describing our visit to the Wieskirche (The Wies Church) in Bavaria -- without a doubt the most stunning church we have ever seen -- but I won't steal his thunder. Our trip to Germany met all expectations and more. Communicating was fun -- you know I like a challenge. "Sprechen Sie Englisch?" was the first phrase out of my mouth whenever we began a conversation. (Actually, that's not quite so. The first thing I usually said was "Guten Tag.") We were fortunate in that so many Germans have a better grasp of English than I do of German, despite many hours of German classwork almost 40 years ago.
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