Wow what an awesome kick-off for a heart-adventure!
You know, that grinning-not-allowed regulation is somewhat of a precursor to the current German mindset, though I gotta say that - to foreigners (especially to Americans) - coming to Germany, they tend to see the great sides of it all more than the somewhat heavy and depressing details of the mentality and conditioning.
Once again I am amazed (and in a weird way totally not surprised) by the cosmic connections here to my own life. As exchange student, I went to stay in MI for a year back in 2004 - it's 'my corner' of the US. And even though I have my share of pains with the US, I still feel more at home there than in Germany. It's calling me regularly and I will probably end up somewhere in the midwest eventually once the universe shows me the path to walk ;)
The connections of North America to Germany are somewhat of an open secret, it's actually stunning to dig them up. First I found out how many people in the Midwest have German roots, then I stumbled upon German towns, and the comment by literally anyone I met: "Germany?!!!! Wow cool, my aunt/uncle/grandma/sister/dog/neighbor is from Germany!"
And everyone was really friendly and curious. Which works the same way the other way around - Americans are rockstars in Europe, particularly in Germany. I feel crossing the ocean - especially with an 'inborn' connection - can propel one's whole life to new heights of experience and learning about other ways of doing things.
This article made me super curious to find out more about your journey and what experiences came your way ever since you crossed the ocean on courage and trusting the universe <3 Will greatly enjoy reading more about your journey.
Hope you are having a great ride in Europe and that you have found many new people to connect with and to propel you on your path of filmmaking and all your heart-endeavours.
I'm curious: You seem like a floor sprite - ever go dancing on psy floors?
Much love from the Hamburg area Stephie - cya in 5 somewhere ;)
Yeah, there are a lot of German-background people in America. In fact, did you know that English won the vote against German to be our national language by just one vote? Think about that!
If you're interested to learn more about my journey, feel free to take a look at some of my past articles--I've been writing on Steemit for a few months now. :) I really appreciate you following my adventures!
Hmm, I'm not exactly sure what a floor sprite is actually... sorry lol.
All the best, greetings from the South!
Ya I keep hearing about that story. My own research confirms that the fondness for Germans and many Americans' German roots came under heavy political attack in the run-up to WW2, and it took a while to twist the American mind to swallow the propaganda and turn against their roots in a well-intentioned but unfactual display of worry and fear.
Will be a pleasure to read more of ya.
Don't worry about the floor sprite reference, you will get it if it's supposed to be.
Much love to the South <3