Calmer times for us at the end of last week.

Years ago we befriended a young lady who was an au pair. After she went home I got to visit her parents in the former East Germany. We have been friends ever since. The parents were down to our place to discuss a bathroom remodel and fix some radiator controllers. Oma came along also. Great to talk about stuff and mostly avoid the US situation. Now that we (me) have a better handle on German we can get deeper into what goes on an explain why we may not head back to the US. They understand having lived in the GDR.