History

 I attended happy hour at the pointe today.  I had some lovely conversations with some of my peeps.  I ended my flitting around to a table in the 'living room' and joined their conversation.  Well, I didn't really add to it, but I asked questions. 

They were discussing the Berlin Wall, how it came to be and after it came down.  It was quite an interesting discussion.  A few of the people at the table had been in Europe and saw firsthand some of the remnants of WW2.  The buildings that were still rubble decades later.  There was a communication tower built on top of a pile of rubble.  The rubble had to go somewhere.  

In the discussion the concentration camps came up.  We were told about one of them that hadn't been 'beautified' for the masses who came to tour.  No new grass.  No nothing.  I'm pretty sure it had that eerie feeling about it.   The consensus was that we are never told most of the story.  There are always so much happening behind the scenes.  Dean is going to put on a presentation at the end of April about the fall of the wall.  It should be very interesting.

As a server, I know these people to the extent that my job allowed.  As a guest I am getting much more in depth conversations.  Because I can.  There is so much history in their stories. I'm glad I ended up sitting with these folks today.  I'm looking forward to the presentation.  And I'm looking forward to many more interesting conversations.