Ron, you're right, it was before he became Bundespraesident. Anyway, he is 87 now and his active life in politics is not quite recent any more. Going by what I'm able to remember about foreign politicians I wouldn't rely on people remembering who he was. Even young Germans might not.

Willy Schwenken - now there's a topic for a new thread ...

Gulliver - Herzen in Terzen went down a storm in Kiel on Friday. Leslie would like to know who you are. Shall I eMail her, or will you?