Somewhat random thoughts regarding what we see in Germany lately, all deal with kids in one way or another. Now we've had several weeks of summer vacation with boys at home and HOT summer day (between 90 and 100) with no air conditioning in most places, we spent a number of afternoons at our local pool. Pool itself is great - it's outside with some shady grass areas, some baby/toddler areas where they actually put up a tent above the water and a tiny playground. What I found to be interesting is the lack of SPF shirts that we have gotten used to seeing in the States. Of course we are more north than Pittsburgh is. If you look at the world map, then Outer Banks, NC maps roughly speaking with the northern tip of Africa; Pittsburgh is mid-Spain; and if we reverse this logic then Frankfurt runs roughly through middle of Canada. However, 100 degrees is still hot! Last week Ilya went to a soccer camp; it was run by an international school so it was English-speaking but from