In this book, I have tried to impart my impressions of Germany and the German people since I lived in the western part of Germany from 1961 until 1983. Since 1983, I have made many trips back to Germany and broadened my travels to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and various parts of Eastern Germany. I taught in the German volkshochschule (adult evening school) from 1977 until 1984, expanding my insights into this society.