Today is Independence Day and we spent part of the evening with Toni, Andy, and Andy's brother's family. Andy's nephew and niece, Carter and Chloe, loved the sparklers. Oh, my, how sparklers have changed! The new ones show off their colors even before they are lit; and they are three times in length than the sparklers we had when our children were little.
We had invited Debbie and Carl to join us with Blaise, Isabella, and Sam, but they declined since the children had already taken their baths.
When we returned from Andy's wonderful display of colors and shapes in the sky, I began to think about my second visit to Germany. In a little more than a week I will be flying to Germany with fifteen other social studies educators from throughout the United States. Sarah Yabroff, the TOP assistant coordinator at the Goethe Institut in Washington, D.C., will be our group leader. Sarah is fluent in German and has traveled abroad many times. She, like my peers, is a world traveler. Our study tour of Germany this time will include some new historic sites. I can't wait to experience them and learn more about this country which is a global leader not only financially, but environmentally, as well.
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