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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!Congratulation to all of you to the birthday of one of the grandest nations in the world! There are times, when I feel a little envy, as we take no pride in our country. German class rooms see no German flag and for most of us, being German is just a word in our passport. Only on the occasion of a Soccer World Cup you can see that tar, blood and mustard colored cloth in the streets!In deep humbleness, there is also not much we can be proud of, at least not in recent history. Zoe, I need a strong coffee and a hearty breakfast, please - the choice is up to you! Thank you!Last  night was just terrible. Way too warm to get a decent rest, and to add to this, one of our neighbors had a few glasses too many while celebrating the defeat of Argentina in yesterday´s battle of the Islas Malvinas. He was blowing his vuvuzela until 4 am this morning and only the police we called, could finally stop him. Now he is facing a $ 1,000 fine - good for him [}:)] Jeff - those close-up shots are fantastic! Unfortunately, they also reveal some times the things we want to hide. What looks good to the eye, does not look good on a pic! And vice-versa! I have noticed that, while visiting the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg lately. The pics look actually much better than the original, as they are focused on the details, which you overlook when viewing the layout.Chris - now that´s the way a decent train room has to look like! After all,  it is our man cave, isn´t it? But lucky you - Petra would kill me, as we have to share this facility.Garry - if that info is correct, there are more  than 60 million people of German descent living in the US - quite a large group of people! Anyhow, that story about that missing vote seems to be a myth, but one which is told by the students who w*rk as waiters in that tavern. True or false? I don´t know. But if the "German" population would claim their language rights, it would look something like this:<ul><li>Press "one" for English</li><li>Pulsar "dos" para Espanol</li><li>Poussez "trois" pour le langue francais </li><li>Drücken Sie "vier" für Deutsch</li><li>Premere "cinque" per Italiano  etc., etc, </li></ul>Now wouldn´t that be fun? Each road sign in 4 - 5 languages, each restaurant´s menu a big book?Thank goodness only a little more than 1 million people speak German (at home) - mainly the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch (Deutsch). And my wife´s uncle and his family [:)]Come to think of it - some of the leading names in our hobby are German or German sounding:<ul><li>Walthers</li><li>Kalmbach</li><li>Koester</li><li>Popp (I assume David Popp´s name to be German, as it is quite a common name in Germany)</li><li>Hediger </li></ul>They are likely to be a lot more.Well, enough of that!You all have a safe day!
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