November 9, 2025
We do live in amazing times. A German friend of mine invited me over to meet his cousin and her family visiting from Berlin. They brought their 2 young sons, age 9 and 12, and they were so fluent in English they ordered their meals on their own at a restaurant.
I told their mother that I was amazed at their “international outlook” and that she should be proud of them.
She was.
They live on the outskirts of Berlin and have the best of both worlds – a country atmosphere and a world-class city 30 minutes away.
On the outskirts of Berlin, Potsdam, was the scene of a meeting 80 years ago that set the politics of Europe for many decades. It is where President Truman on July 24, 1945 casually informed Stalin that the US had developed a secret weapon that would probably end the war in the Pacific. Stalin replied “That’s very interesting. I hope you make good use of it against the Japanese”.
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