Wolfgang:

Thanks for that story of decency. I went to college in an international house with a minority of Americans, and we even posted a large wall map of the world, deliberately slicing it as not intended, to show the US on the borders not in the center. And I've travelled in Europe on my own, only a long time ago. I have learned the lesson that humankind is pretty much the same wherever you find us, just colored and flavored a little differently. Unfortunately I need to be reminded of this fact. It is as food for the soul, like vitamins to the psyche.