We went to Utrecht, The Netherlands, for a one-day workshop. Utrecht is yet another charming city! Canals, old churches, etc.
A professor invited a small group of us over for lunch during the break (easily walkable city). We were amused by the international representation: German, Dutch, French, American, Turkish, Iranian, Argentinian, Chinese...all having mathematics as a common "universal" language. :)
The drive back to Aachen was 3 hours...so I had one of the guys tell us Fairy Tales--I thought many were of German origin, assembled by the Brother's Grimm, so this might be fun. We started with Rapunzel ("Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!"), then Rumpelstiltskin ("how good that no one knows that Rumpelstiltskin is my name!"), then Little Red Riding Hood ("my, what big eyes/ears/teeth you have!").
What fun this story-telling was, indeed! Boy, I really have forgotten so much, it was very entertaining to hear the details...and together we sometimes had to brainstorm to try to remember parts of the story ("Now how did the peasant girl have a necklace to give to Rumpelstiltskin if she was so poor?") or what the moral/message was supposed to be...("never sneak into a witch's garden for some rapunzel salad...?" haha). It's neat how these fairy tales cross over the ocean and country borders, common memories we all had as children. :)
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