Hatched in Miss Wald's high school German class, "Germany Bound" was an exciting opportunity for seven students to spend three weeks in the German-speaking countries of Germany, Switerland and Austria. Fund-raisers included a car wash and Advent calendar sales, but personal funds provided most of the revenue. In addition to her students, Carole's sister Renee, and Charlotte Cornelius (one of the high school librarians) joined us and kept her from going absolutely "buggy" for three weeks crammed into a bright orange VW microbus, whose brakes squeeled like a banshee.