Heady days in Germany

With Merkel well received in DC, and the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the wall 6 days away, there's tons of introspection going on here, myself included. I was doing an exchange year in Freiburg with Kathryn & Leslie in '89, right in the middle of the turbulence caused by the balance of power shifting from one side of the continent to the other. And as I sell my labor here for some euros that translate into more dollars than usual, there's a certain balance of power across the Atlantic that's happening. It's certainly not all milk and honey here, to be sure as I sit here watching an hour-long nightline-like show about the state of civil rights for homosexuals. Things aren't quite resolved here either, despite the progress made in politics and social circles.