Klaus Dieter: Our son was born in Germany in 1960 and came back to the USA at 3 months of age. He'd never returned until 1986, when we "gave" him an all-expense trip for Christmas. We were in Germany for two months to do research and visit our newly-wed daughter & family. Derek was with us for Christmas in Heidelberg (another story, another time), where our son-in-law Fritz was working on his advanced degrees in science. Between Weihnachts und Silvester we traveled with Derek in southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. On Silvesterabend, after visiting our 1959-60 landlady in Heilbronn, we had wound up in Bad Wimpfen, in a Gaststaette, for Mittagtisch. A touring Maennerchor came in to eat, sat around their tables, drinking Bier and SINGING !! What a New Year's Eve treat for us, really lighting us up for the brief drive back to Heidelberg and the Silvesterabend party awaiting us there. Dave Ross