Home Again!

Got back home and lots of work ahead for me. Hunting season starts this weekend and I still have to trim some of the trails and cut some brush. I've seen lots of deer since being back. Alicia has gotten real good with her rifle. She can put a 3 inch grouping at 100 yds. She'll make a good sniper. What a difference the right tool makes. She wants a pig so we'll see what happens.

In Boston I had a wonderful time. We all attended a revolutionary war reinactment and it was terrific. I like seeing the kids all excited. I also got a lot of work done. Build a garden shed for O, organized the basement, what a job that was, put in 3 didicated quad electrical outlets, rewired two other circuits, other misc things, and visited a lot. I have come to realize that I sure do get a lot of enjoyment building things and doing electrical work.

Alicia also had a terrific time in Virginia. Boy, they both do sound the same on the phone. OB is always a blast. We've also planned our trips for the next 6 months, and yes busy schedule as always.

Till next time, You'll Take Care, Jorge

We're off Again!

I'm heading back to Boston and Alicia is going to Virginia.

Alicia got her new rifle and boy what a difference the right tool makes in performance. She was really able to handle the rifle and shoot in the center for a perfect shot. The pigs better watch out. Her new rifle is perfect for her, she was always having difficulties with the scope or the kick back in the past but now this is the one for her. I should of bought her this rifle before.

I got to plant the trails with wheat, oats, and clover, and also did a little trimming and mowing. We'll see what the coming season brings.

It's dry as a bone at the farm as we have not gotten any rain for 3 weeks +. But it's got to rain some day, hopefully soon. I thought it was dry enough to mow the back 40 but the creek was still wet cause of the earlier rains. I tried to cross at the 4 good crossings but ended up getting stuck in the creek, even though I picked the best crossing. I had to get the backhoe to pull the tractor out of the creek.
I might not get to mow behind the creek. too bad. I've got to improve the creek crossings.

Till Next Time, Take Care, Jorge

Hunting Preparations Begin.

I'm back at the homestead with plenty to do. I have to start getting the farm ready for hunting season. Trail trimming, planting of winter grasses, and get my rifle ready. Alicia will be trying out her new rifle, she wants to put pork on the table.

Back in Boston I had a terific time. I got to see one of O's cousins and his family that I had not seen in a long time. They are a wonderful family. Also got to work on a brick path in the yard, trimmed some doors, and got to do some recon on some electrical work. I had a good time.

Alicia gave me a knew book to read about the civil war written from the accounts of the people there at Gettysburg. The book is titled "Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara. So far the book is very interesting. The book describes the strategies involved at the batttle from both sides.

Take Care, Jorge

Back at the Homestead

Back from my trip from Memphis to Mineapolis to help my brother. Of the whole drive I would have to say that I found my drive thru Iowa very beautiful. Iowa looks just like I would picture America. Rolling hills of corn and farm houses with silos. It was a very beautiful site, I was impressed.

Back at the farm we're back to the usual plus getting ready for the hunting season.
We have definitly received a lot of rain this year so far. The most noticable difference is that the rain was constant. At the farm we usually have a very dry summer were we don't get any rain for about 8 weeks and the temperature is in the 100's and so everything dries up. This year was cooler, the 100's only lasted for about a week and the rains were constant. Must be global cooling, LTS.

I'm also getting ready for my trip to Boston to see O and the family. You'll take care, Till next time, Jorge

Work, Work, Work!

Well I've been home 2 weeks and tomorrow I'm flying to Memphis to meet my brother then we're driving to Minnesota, then I fly back from Minnesota. He wants me to help him with something.
At the farm I've been catching up on the farm duties, mowing, fixing fences, cutting brush. Had some friends over who have two girls, 7 and 15 years old. They rode the horses and I took them on a ATV ride behind the creek, on boy, and they learned to drive the tractor. They had a blast.

Till Next time, Take Care, Jorge

Costa Rica Wrap Up.

Costa Rica is like the real Disney World. Where Dreams (of adventure do) Come True. Again the people are extrememly nice, friendly, helpful, and smile at you all the time. This is true even if the encounter involves no money. They always say "Con mucho gusto", which means gladly or they were very happy to assist you. I use to say that the people from the Cayman Islands were the friendlyest people I had ever met but now I am going to have to change this to Costa Ricans.

Visiters should not exchange any money. They except Dollars as well as the Colon (their money). Both currencies are used as if they were one. There is an exchange rate. The locals it seems wake up at 5 am as the sun rises and go to sleep at 7 pm. Sun sets about 6 pm and the rains start about 4 pm. We got to see the beach where they filmed the movie Christopher Colon.

Everyone in Costa Rica has insect bite marks on their body and we both got around 10 each. Alicia got a weird one on her leg but we are watching it closely. Alicia made all the arrangements for the trip and she did an outstanding job.

Pura Vida, Till Next Time, Take Care, Jorge

We Have To Say Goodbye!

Well we have finished our time in paradise. Today we thought we would plan our day so we would not get wet, but we missed it by 10 min. and in those 10 min. we got shoaked. C´est la vie.

The closest town not counting the samll area we are in with all the resort places is aout 5 blocks by 5 blocks, and this is a big town. It is about a 15 min car or bus trip down the mountain and away from the resort area. Our resort is 535 feet above the beach on a hill and we have a beautiful view of the beach and ocean.

I found out that the yearly average rainfall here is 14 feet, that is right 14 feet. I also found out that the one lane bridges were built by the Chiquita company 100 years ago to transport the banana crop by rail. So the one lane bridges were train bridges at one time, that is why they are one lane. The banana plantations are gone cause of the banana blight of 1940 and were replaced by the African Palms for palm oil which they transport by truck.

I can see why so many Americans have come to settle here, the beauty, the adventure, the people, and the opportunities. I feal sorry for the locals cause it seems like all the property and businesses are owned by out siders. The population of the whole country is about 3.8 million (the size of Houston), about 500,000 from Nicaragua. Costa Rica is about the size of Vermont and New Hampshire in land. The Land prices are way up there above what the average person can pay. You can probably buy some cheap land in the jungle though.

Costa Rica literally means "Rich Coast" and their motto is "Pura Vida" which literally means "Pure Life" but they mean "The way Life should be lived".

The Costa Ricans are wonderful, extremely nice people.
This is Pura Vida, Till next time, Take Care, Jorge

Pura Vida!

It didn't rain today but we had an earthquake. A small one (nobody knows how big it was cause they do not have TV) right as we were going to sleep that woke us up cause the room and windows were shaking. First one for both of us. I thought the wind was blowing extremely hard like a hurricane but the wind was calm as the morning day. It seemed like it lasted 5 min but it was probably 1 min.

Alicia decided to get certified in scuba diving and she did. PADI certified in scuba diving. Alicia was a bit scared at the site where we first went into the ocean cause the conditions were real bad, visibility about 1 foot and real rough waves. I would have to say that the conditions were extreme. Visibility was 2 feet and the waters were real rough at the second site we tried. Worst I have ever seen. But she did really good but the other student kept getting lost cause of the visibility. The instructor was excellent. I was also in the water plus a Dive Master and another diver. The third and fourth dives the next day were a bit better. Visibility was about 15 feet and rough waves which is poor. We got to see a lot of fish, lobsters, rays, octopus, star fish, coral, and other things.

Well we got shoaked again today cause of the rains. We always get caught in the rain. We did bring ponchos but it doesn't help.

Another day in paradise, Pura Vida, as they say here,

These are the nicest people,
Till next time, Take Care, Jorge

Zipping Along the Tree Canopy

After another 1 1/2 ride into the jungle and up the mountains we arrived at the canopy place. Not as bad, but again very bad roads, one lane bridges, side of cliffs, and animals. This was a very good experience.

We zipped over twenty times along the tree canopies over the jungle, tree platform to tree platform, repelled down 80 to 100 feet a couple of times, and swung from tree to tree on a rope. The longest zip was about 300 ft. A lot of up hill walking was also involved in getting to the starting point. Good day but again we got shoaked when the rains came. Everything starts really early about 7 am cause of the 4 pm rains. Even if you finish by 4 you get wet with any evening activities.

Sloths are everywhere and so are monkeys. We have also seen jesus christ lizards (they walk on water), whistling ducks, howler monkeys, and caphucin monkeys amongest other animals I do not remember. Also now know where teak wood comes from and what the tree looks like, and what palm oil is, (used for sun tan lotion, cooking, and cosmetics). Also seen many beautiful flowers and that there is a cure for every sickness in the world in the jungle. Also saw a walking tree. Also learned other survivor things like what to eat in the jungle, like termites (taste like peanuts).

Great place to come to if you can leave the luxuries of life behind. Our room does have a/c but no TV. Almost everything is outdoors, even kitchens and bathrooms. It seeems like only bedrooms are indoors but no a/c.

It is a tropical paradise, Till next time, take care, Jorge

White Water Rafting is the BEST!

White Water Rafting is all and more then I ever thought It would be. Our tour not only was white water rafting but I would also say a jungle tour as we had to go 1 1/2 deep into the jungle and up the mountains to get to the starting point. We were on a large open big military type 4x4 vehicle and it was slow going in some parts cause of the incline, the one lane road and bridges, cliffs, and the animals on the road. I think the roads really looked more like trails.

The back country is just amazing. I would think that this is how it was when the USA was being settled back in the 1800, relatively speaking. The Europeans would of probably thought of the USA as I see Costa Rica today. We have seen places that no human has probably walked on and some places that have no electricity and no phone lines. Three or four little shacks on the side of mountains and we saw 2 villages of 100 people that had to get to their village over the river in cable cars.

The tour guides worked really hard on this adventure plucking people and things out of the raging waters. The river we were on is rated a 3 or 4 out of 5. It depends on the amount of water in the river. For us they said it was close to a 4. There were 3 rafts on our trip down the river and our raft was the only one were nobody fell off. I say off cause you sit on the side of the raft not inside the raft. We lost some things from the raft like water bottles but that's all. Our raft was us and a family from Boston with two girls.

The rapids, rocks, and trees were something else. The other two rafts had people falling off and the guides worked really fast and extremely hard to pull them out and then they even retrieved the oars. That is, the guide from the raft that lost people or things was the guide that had to pick them up. The other guides did not help cause they were busy with their rafts. It seemed to me that the people on the other rafts did not know what to do or could not do it so the guide had to do all the work on retrieving what falls out. I think I would of been able to help if our raft had any people fall out. Like the head guide said "Do't worry if you fall off and we can't pick you up, just turn right when the river flows out into the ocean and you will get to your resort".

We all did get a safty and procedure talk at the beginning that I thought was really good. This is something that anybody that likes adventure has to do. Ofcourse here you have to also enjoy the primitive country. It also rained on us as we went down the river but it didn't mater as we were completely wet anyways from going in and out of the water and being hit by a wall of water in the rapids. We were wet, wet, and wet.

I can't say enough but we both looked at each other at the end and said WOW this is terrific and we would do it again and again.

Till next time, Take Care, Jorge

Costa Rica is It!

Now I know why so many Americans talk about this place. It is beautiful. The people are extremely nice. I think that the locals are desendents of Germans, Italians, and some Spaniards.

This place is not for those that like the modern things in life.
The roads are bad and the one lane bridges are dangerous. It rains here about 4 pm every day. About 95 percent of the places here are open to the outside.

When we landed we got picked up by our personal driver and hotel rep that took us on the 3 1/2 hour trip to the resort. On the way the driver stopped on a bridge so we could see the huge crocodiles. 16 foot animals with about a 3 foot head.

On the first day our personal guide took us on a tour of the botanical jungle. We saw Sloths, 2 toe and 3 toe. Sloths are important to me cause I remember Alicia writing a paper when she was small about Sloths. We have talked about them every since and now we have seen them. We saw monkeys and many other animals and plants.

Till next time, Take Care, Jorge

Off to Costa Rica

Well I've been home for a while and I have tried to catch up on chores. Spent a lot of time at the farm: shredding, cutting brush, clearing fence lines, burning brush, and taking care of the animals. It sure is nice to be working out at the farm and see wildlife as one works. The weather has been warm but I likes it hot. I threw a blade as I was shredding the other day, (it's kind of dangerous to have a 2 ft. 25 lb. chunk of steel come off rotating at 1500 rpm). This will give me something to do when I get back.

At the homestead the big project was installing new carpet. I had help picking out the color, and I would have to say it looks good. I was working ahead of the 2 guys installing, screwing down the entire second floor flooring. No more squeaking as you walk around on the second floor and stairs. What a job, we worked till 8 at night.

Well we're (Alicia and me) off to Costa Rica tomorrow. White water rafting, zip lining, and canopy watching. We'll get to see what everyone is talking about Costa Rica.

I would like to say thanks to everyone who has made a positive impact on my life before I leave on a trip. Love you all, till next time, you'll take care, Jorge

Co2!

Some scientist believe that the largest component of the earth's warming is Co2. There are other smaller factors like the sun's brightness, cosmic rays, and volcanic activity to mention a few others.

Some things about Co2: Co2 is only .o4% of the atmosphere. .04% is a very small amount. If you had 2,500 dimes, .04% would be 1 of those dimes. Without any Co2 in the atmosphere the earth's average temperature would be 23 deg F.

However scientist do it they have determined that the average temperature of the earth is 59 deg F. In the 150 years since humans have been recording the earth's temperature the average temperature has risen 1.8 deg F.

Earth's surface and atmosphere absorb the sun's energy and radiate it out. Thermal equilibrium dictates that the power level of the incoming radiation matches what goes out. Earth's temperature rises or falls by its own mechanisms until radiation balance is achieved. Co2 modifies this balance by trapping energy that would of escaped into space.

Humans can not predict climate (listen to the weather report). In fact climate is chaotic (sensitive to intial conditions). So to model how climate responds to different changes one needs precise initial conditions to get exact results, plus we would also have to know how the future will be like (ie. # of cars & factories). We do not know any of this with any precision. All we can do is assume or guess. If our assumptions are off at the beginning, even by a small amount, our extrapolated results will be way off.

Also when it comes to climate there is a lot of cause and effect. Which makes it challenging to determine exactly what causes warming. Some scientist believe that half of the human global warming comes from cause and effect.

For instance warmer air holds more water vapor. Water vapor is a green house gas cause it warms the earth. So as Co2 increases so does water vapor. The Co2 will linger in the atmosphere for decades, but water vapor rains out as conditions change. Aerosols amd clouds trap and reflect sunlight depending on their vertical distribution. The higher they are they reflect, the lower they trap.

The eruption of Mount Pinatube in 1991 dropped the average global temperatures by .9 deg F the following year, the cause was sulfate. The burning of fossil fuels throws 55 billion tons of sulfur into the air, half of this turns into sulfate, which could cool the earth.

The earth responds on its own to changing conditions by its climate. Changes in cloud patterns could cool or warm the earth, and the oceans absorb Co2.

So to wrap this up, it would cost 100's of billions to trillions of dollars to change things by a small amount and then we really would not be sure of the long term effects of what we do. It's nice to have people thinking about different things and I am happy that somebody is thinking about global warming. Am I worried about global warming, ofcourse not. But that does not mean that we shouldn't do the right thing, we also shouldn't change our lifestyles cause of it.

Besides the sun is a dying star, and as the sun dies the energy it sends toward earth will decrease and so one day we will be happy to have more Co2 in the atmosphere.

How about that, till next time, Jorge

Global Warming?

I love talking about this subject, and I had plenty of opportunity in Europe. Even on one of the legs of my trip back to the USA I sat next to an 18 year old from Kolin (Cologne), Germany on her way to El Paso and this was one of the subjects we talked about. She is in a program were she finishes her high school in the USA.

This is still on my mind so I want to write a small bit about my global warming opinions. First some basics. The earth has been going thru ice ages and warming trends many times in its millions of years of existence. All this even before humans. I have no doubt that we are in a warming trend. In fact some scientist believe that the earth's temperature is rising cause we coming out of an ice age. An example is the small ice age we had between the 14th and 19th century that killed many in Europe.


Next, science is not exact. I can probably find one scientist for every one someone else finds that will have an opposite view. Scientist are all over the place on this subject, how many on each side nobody knows. A recent example of science not being exact is the oil crises in the mid 1970s, when scienctist were saying that we would run out of oil in the next 10 years. Oil prices doubled cause of the scare. Thirty plus years later we still have oil and nobody knows when we will run out. Other examples are all around us.

Also we have only been taking the earth's temperature since the 1850s and only measuring the Co2 (carbon dioxide) levels since the 1950s. I very small time frame (less then 160 years) in the earth's millions of years of existence.

More on Co2 next time, Aufwiedersehen, Jorge

Europe Wrap Up

I enjoyed the trip to Germany and Italy.

Too many people smoke in Europe. Public transportation, buses and trains, are on the honor system. You are supposed to buy a biglieto, ticket, but there is no one checking. Actually someone did walk thru the train on the way to Pisa checking biglietos but that was the only time after many trips. I was very lucky to have a T-Mobile phone as this is probably the must common carrier in Europe, Vodaphone was second.

Bicycles and people walking everywhere in Germany. Germany was especially enjoyable since Alicia and our friends were there. The German people are extremely nice. They love to talk english, listen to American music, and eat pommes(french fries) with mayonaise. The Porchse ride thru the country side 2 lane roads and the autobahn at 135 mph and more was cool. Berlin was very interesting.

The Toscana area (Tuscany to the USA) of Italy was beautiful, a must see for any traveler. Scooters and people walking everywhere in Italy. They do not know english or spanish and do not understand anything but Italian and they could be a bit nicer. The Italian food is almost exactly like we have here in the USA. They love to eat pizza with french fries on the pizza. It was breath taking walking up to the bell tower in Pisa as I came in from the east and could see the lean as I walked up. Must people walk up to La Piazza del Duomo from the south and do not see the lean on the bell tower right away. Firenze had a lot of character and the Tirrenia coast was beautiful.

Till next time, Take Care, Jorge

Hamburg Again!

Do you know what a Hamburger is? It is someone from Hamburg, Germany, like Texan. In Germany fries are pommes and they are very popular. There sure is a lot of turbine windmills in Germany. Did you know that the sun rises about 4 am and sets around 10:30 pm here? That stints. Got to ride in a Porchse, wow. The maximun speed cars travel on the autobahn is about 135 mph. I like the autobahn.

The W family took me on a tour of a 1200 acre farm owned by CM, HW's sister. GM, WW's cousin will be coming to the USA in August to do a 1 year exchange student program in Denver. This is the same program how we met WW.

Ofcourse I found the farm to be really interesting. They grow iceberg lettuce, potatoes, bio-fuel corn, sod, and christmas trees. We actually witnessed the harvesting of the lettuce. They have about 250 acres in lettuce production. Each field is about 75 acres in size, and in a different stage of growth, ie. just planted, growing, and ready to harvest.

They use two machines each about 24 wind rows wide (75 feet) with 8 workers cutting, 8 workers wrapping, 2 workers packaging, 2 workers stacking, and 2 workers loading and driving the lettuce machine and tractor, all in a smooth operation. I was disappointed to see how much lettuce is wasted, only about 50% of the lettuce is good enough (size and shape) to be sold at market, the rest of the lettuce is left on the field. I tasted the iceberg lettuce in the field and I would to say that it had a better tast then any store bought iceberg lettuce I have tasted.

It was amazing to me how the lettuce is cut and right in the field it is packaged to go directly to the market. Unfortunately the reason for the high waste in the harvesting is that there is only a 3 day window to harvest the lettuce once it is ready. As the workers move thru the field the lettuce towards the end is less marketable cause the crown opens up.

Well my time is up here, going back to the USA,, Aufwiedersehen, Take Care, Jorge

Firenze, Italia

Firenze or Florence as we call it is an extremely beautiful place with lots of character. The different architecture on the buildings from different eras was stunning.

One thing about Italy there was a MacDonolds at every train or bus station. In Germany it was lots of Burger Kings.

I love Italian food and the food here was terrific. Very much like the Italian food in the USA. So many places to see in Firenze, San Lorenzo, Santa Maria Novella, Maria Del Duomo, Bargello, Vecchio, Santa Croce, Pointe Vecchio, Santa Spirito, Pota Romana, Galileo, Piazzale Michelangelo, and a lot to be said about each one, plus the view of Firenze from Viale Machiavelli was stunning. I put a lot of miles on my feet in Firenze.

Contrary to what I had heard about being safe in Italy, I found it to be very safe. I saw no problems and there was planty of police. I walked just about the whole place.

Lots of tourist from everywhere. I met a British girl, about mid 30, along the sites that was also taking pictures at the same places I was, she was very nice and not Italian. She was going on the 4 pm train to Pisa and I was on the 6 pm train to Pisa.

Well that is all, back to Hamburg, Take Care, Jorge

Bella Italy

Pisa and the Torre Campanaria, leaning tower, was amazing. The place is actually called La Piazza del Duomo, cause it is actually a dome, church, and a building with caskets. The bell tower (leaning tower) was built around 1100 and took two hundred years to build. It started leaning right away as the 3 rd ring was finished. They actually kept building it and adjusting for the tilt. longer columns on the south leaning side to compensate for the lean. So it was built leaning, but it has leaned more since and sunk about 6 feet. The bell tower is about 60 m high and has about 8 foot walls at the bottom getting narrower towards the top to about 4 feet. The stairs are in between the walls so they also get narrower towards the top. It is an amazing tower.

Also on the grounds is the Battistero, dome, which is interesting cause you sing and the tone carries loud and full. Also the cathedral was really beautifull. Lots of tourist from everywhere. I did a lot of walking all over town as there are other sites to see. I met a spanish girl, about early 30, who was really nice and helpful, cause she was not Italian. She was taking pictures at the same places I was and we met each other a lot along the way. She was taking the train to Lucca next and I was going to take the train to Firenze.

It seemed to me like everytime I bought a meal it was undici dollarie einquanta centesimi, $11.50. Odd!

Pisa is a beautiful city with lots of character, and La Piazza del Duomo is a must see.

Arreverderci, Take Care, Jorge

Tirrenia, Italy

Wow, The Tirrenia coast is really beautiful. Just like the pictures. No modesty here for the women. One can tell Italy is poorer then Germany, but it has beauty in character. The harbour town of Livorno was old and interesting.

Here in Italy everything, almost, shuts dowm between 12 noon and 4 pm. They work 8 to 12 and 4 to 8. They have very good ice cream here. it is everywhere. Maybe that is why the Italian people are beefier. Scooters everywhere, the samll ones, and everybody smokes it seems.

The beaches are amazing, also visited Calambrone. Was to go to Lucca, an old city, but the tour was cancelled.

The Ialian people are nice but they could be nicer. Even though they are not as nice, deep down I feel a stronger deep down bond to them. Maybe because they are latin, or maybe because I like a challenge. Who Knows? Some how I feel like I can relate more to them. Actually they do not speak good English and they give up trying to understand me. I understand them better then they understand me, and I speak very little Italian. Forget about speaking spanish to them. Even the Germans here try to speak English to them.

The Italian people have the best yellow eyes ever. I am partial to yellow eyes. I met this girl, girl only cause she is younger but she is about 30, who had the most brilliant, stuning beautiful yellow eyes I have ever seen. She said they were real and I do believe her. Those eyes were out if this world.

Pisa next, Till next time, Take Care, Jorge

Berlin & Boltenhagen

The history in Berlin is very interesting. The wall is marked on the pavement with raised brick through out the city. There are at least two places where the wall is still standing. A small 50 foot area at Potsdamer Platz and a 1000 foot area on the Spree river. We visited check Point Bravo and Check Point Charley. Check point Charley was very interesting cause they had pictures of before and after. They have completely built up the area along the wall with new buildings. At some points this area was maybe 2000 feet wide. They also had a museum showing how people escaped. In some places they had memorials for those that had died trying to get out, their life story. We also saw many other sites like the East Germany radio tower, Berliner Dome, the huge Reichstag building, the Braden Burger tor, and others I do not remember. We took a boat river tour and bus tour of Berlin, plus we walked around a lot. The public buildings are amazing. We do not build anything like this in the USA, well maybe public school buildings.

It is interesting to me how any society can be communist or dictatorship or the like when in all these cases people are always wanting to get out. Doesn't this mean anything to people that these forms of goverment are not good. You don't see people killing themselves trying to leave capitalistic societies.

They have this tiny car here called Smart that is so small that they park it perpendicular to the curb when there is any space left between cars, and it does not stick out into the street. Public transportation is well used here. It is on the honor system. One is supposed to buy a ticket but nobody checks. They say that sometimes they come around checking but we rode a lot and nobody checked. People have to carry everything here, bags, umbrellas, coats. Very different way to travel.

Boltenhagen on the Baltic sea was very beautiful. This used to be in East Germany but again a lot of money has been poured into renovations. We saw the army station that used to watch and shoot those trying to escape over the water. The water is too cold for me.

With as concerned as people here are supposed to be about the earth they don't care about their health, cause most smoke. Good thing the W family does not smoke.

Love the German people, they are very nice, and boy can they speak English.

Well that is all for Germany here, read my book someday for the rest of the story, I say that but I do not like reading books, off to Italy, Till next time, Jorge