Today I met three sailors at the Viewpoint: two from Germany and one from the Philippines. They had come to see the grave of Bruce Lee, across the street. One of the Germans was from Rostock, in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, and the other was from somewhere in North Rhine-Westphalia. The latter told me that in order to do get information on their ancestors, people with roots in this German state usually have to come to the United States, to one particular place. (I think it was somewhere in the Northeast.)

Lovers on the Edge, Jan. 29, 2010

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