On int'l day I met the father of one of my German students, stilted conversation, but he warmed up on hearing I was off to Deutschland for the break, near Mannheim, where he grew up!
"My sister and her family live near Speyer."
"In Speyer?"
"No, a village near Speyer. Bohl-Iggleheim."
"Bohl-Iggelheim? My brother is in Iggelheim! a doctor! ear nose throat" (so jubilant that he forgot the words and pointed to his ears nose and throat) "It is a small world!" the dad said.
So in the next few days we'll be going for a walk along the street where this uncle lives. Manfred looked him up in the phone book and wants to knock on the door and say hello. With him, I won't look like a stalker.
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