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Give Germany A Break

I never shared about three of my favorite travels when in Germany. Not because I didn't wish to, but because I wasn't sure how to. My brain was so full of so many thoughts. I was challenged, inspired, stretched. I'm still not sure I can do justice to it all. But I shall try. The first of the three was one weekend when my Au Pair father took me and the baby to Munich.  Plants hanging from the ceiling with lights in Munich. First, we went to the university and saw a memorial for the Weisse Rose (White Rose) a group of non-violent intellectuals and artists who resisted Hitler's Third Reich. I had heard of them before and would love to study more about them, especially some of the women involved: women who gave their lives to show their love for the good and true things. There are those who refrain from admiring good women doing extraordinary things because of feminists saying, "We need more women doing men's jobs." We do not need more women ...