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We took the exchange students to Leavenworth, a Bavarian-themed tourist trap, for the Christmas Tree Lighting and to spend money on food and stuff. Half of our Germans think "this is so cheesy!" and then realize: "I can eat German food again!". Which is not so much different than ours, it just includes boiled red cabbage with apples, spaetzle and decent sausages. I spent the day with a local teacher who was muslim, and we had a great time. I just didn't feel comfortable eating sausages on the street (which is all that was available on the street) or finding the place that sold mulled wine by the glass. But I came out ahead.On the way to Leavenworth, we stopped at a travel stop. The sign on the door said: "no shirt, no shoes, no service". One girl asked what that really meant -- to her it said you must remove your shirt and shoes to get services, and why would you want to do that when it is below freezing? And everybody was fully clothed in the store anyway....
One day our Chinese girl (who had excellent English) at dinner asked why the school was giving out drugs. We responded that you pay for them, fill out a form, and the nurse keeps them and dispenses them when you need it. No, she said, illegal drugs. After a couple minutes of talking about whether someone who sells illegal drugs would give them away in order to drum up more business, and this is definitely illegal and the school has we assure you, nothing to do with it and it wouldn't be on school property anyway, we finally asked where she got this idea. There was a sign up at school: "Drug-Free Prom."
posted by Marion @ 10:15 AM
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