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Day 3780: Was ist das?

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Ann Koplow

I often ask “was ist das?” in English, so when I saw “was ist das?” yesterday in a Black Forest gift shop …

…I knew what it was: a good title for today’s blog post.

Was ist das? This is my last blog post before my flight back home to Boston after a very enjoyable Viking River Cruise on the Rhine River.

Was ist das? It’s the introduction to another batch of images from that wonderful trip through the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Switzerland.

Was ist das?

What’s this? It’s goodbye and thanks until tomorrow.

Categories: personal growth, travel | Tags: Black Forest Cake, cats, Colmer, cuckoo clocks, gratitude, the Black Forest, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the Rhine River, Twitter, Viking River tour | 12 Comments

Day 3777: Who do you believe in?

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Ann Koplow

Last night, I asked this question on Twitter:

That question was inspired, I believe, by my meeting Carmen (who believe it or not, shares the birthday of Groundhog Day with me!) and her husband Manny yesterday on the Viking River Tour.

Manny and I discovered that we both loved the song “I Believe in You” from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and we both believed in our ability to sing it together at the dinner table.

I believe in people’s ability to connect, learn, and grow despite suspicions and fear about difference, and I saw that in a “stumble stone” on a street in the German city of Koblenz.