Mom & Pop's Birthday Visit

Jody turned 40 this year....Mom and Pop were able to visit after being in Portugal. Perfect timing. While they were here we went to see the Rembrandt Exhibit at the Schwetzingen Schloss. It was a rainy day and we were the only one's in there. The collection of Rembrandt's work included pen and ink drawings. Simply magnificient. The next day we drove down to Dachau. It was the first concentration camp of its kind in Germany. When people asked us what we were doing while they were visiting and we said that we were going to visit Dachau. Their response was almost always, "why would you do that?" Very interesting. I personally feel sad for the contemporary German culture in that I think they feel shame when it's not their job too anymore. Apparently, all German schools have written into their curriculum that the kids (High School) visit a concentration camp. It's a good thing and we were inundated by many school age kids. (I don't think they were able to actually grasp how deeply meaningful the exhibit was.) Mom didn't feel good at all that day. I wonder how much was internal and how much was emotional. It was a very good learning opportunity. Maybe at the end of our visit here we'll be able to expose Zane and Tab...not yet, not yet.