This is the Motel One mod front room. I took these pictures at our Motel One and the one we are in now is very similar. When you walk into your room, the tv comes on but looks like an aquarium and has this aquarium-ish sound. 
While walking through Wiesbaden last night, we came across these memorial stones. This was in front of an apartment building and each of the little tiles had names and other information on them. The tiles were placed in this "stone" to represent and honor the Jewish victims of the Holocaust who lived in this apartment building.
http://www.stripes.com/military-life/wiesbaden-memorials-in-stone-honor-victims-of-nazi-regime-1.142717THURSDAY, July 7
This morning we boarded a train(we are getting pretty good at this) and went to Mainz. There, we went to the beautiful house/office Stiftung Lesen. 
Stiftung Lesen is the Foundation for the Promotion of reading. They are really trying to get children, young people, young parents and I guess everyone to read for pleasure (thus, increasing literacy skills.) The scope of the foundation's activities is national. The foundation also carries out literacy research.
The house/office was beautiful and they had set out tables in the backyard for our discussion. We kindly asked if we could move the tables to the shade. We were all "dressed up" for today's adventure and all of the guys were wilting in their ties. Ben GQ (AZ) was having a difficult time especiall because he was sweating through his neatly steamed shirt. :)
In our discussion , we all heard great ways the foundation was working to help young parents read to their children. We also contributed ways in which we try to promote reading in our schools. My favorite idea came from Nicole (PA) who said that at her schol they have poster size pictures of the teachers promoting THEIR favorite book...and then the teacher donates the book to the library.
One note about e-readers, the foundation found that the e-reader did not have an active effect on reading. The kids liked the novelty of it, but it didn't change their idea of reading.
Stiftung Lesen is the Foundation for the Promotion of reading. They are really trying to get children, young people, young parents and I guess everyone to read for pleasure (thus, increasing literacy skills.) The scope of the foundation's activities is national. The foundation also carries out literacy research.The house/office was beautiful and they had set out tables in the backyard for our discussion. We kindly asked if we could move the tables to the shade. We were all "dressed up" for today's adventure and all of the guys were wilting in their ties. Ben GQ (AZ) was having a difficult time especiall because he was sweating through his neatly steamed shirt. :)
In our discussion , we all heard great ways the foundation was working to help young parents read to their children. We also contributed ways in which we try to promote reading in our schools. My favorite idea came from Nicole (PA) who said that at her schol they have poster size pictures of the teachers promoting THEIR favorite book...and then the teacher donates the book to the library.
One note about e-readers, the foundation found that the e-reader did not have an active effect on reading. The kids liked the novelty of it, but it didn't change their idea of reading. The foundation brought out refreshments...sandwiches and more water. We, Americans, can't seem to get enough water. And, we prefer the "still" kind.
Back to the train...this time it is the S-Bahn commuter train to Frankfurt. All dressed up, we went to the Deutsche Bank's new sustainable new headquarter building. The building was
refurbished over a period of three years. There were 2,100 workers at the construction site and they were from 24 different countries. This building was so professional, even the bathroom had a professional touch.
This is an energy efficient building with the coolest "branding" at every point. The bank had contests to develop the different "brandings" of the bank. Very impressive stuff. 
In the cafeteria, they serve 2,400 meals per day from several different menus (which are posted weekly.) One of the offerings for today was a North Dakota burger. They encourage bicycling to work and have bike stalls in the basement as well as shower area.
Ms. Corinna Fernando, who was one of the Deutsche Bank tour guides, shared an experience she had living near the East German border. When the borders were opened, "welcome money" (100 Deutsche marks) was given to the East Germans. Aldi's (grocery store) opened at 8 am and had to be shut down at 8:05 because of overcrowding.
Afterwards, we took a walking tour of Franfurt. As we passed a book store, our guide Steffan, showed us a book NOT to buy, NOT to buy, NOT to buy...he was the author and the books were quickly snapped up. I ordered a copy when I got home, but was able to read a lot of it on the way home. Good stuff. THE XENOPHOBES GUIDE TO THE GERMANS. We then went to the Goethe statue and the Goethe House. Thank you Goethe family.
We then had a nice dinner... pasta with ham.
Now, back on the train to Motel One.
Back to the train...this time it is the S-Bahn commuter train to Frankfurt. All dressed up, we went to the Deutsche Bank's new sustainable new headquarter building. The building was
refurbished over a period of three years. There were 2,100 workers at the construction site and they were from 24 different countries. This building was so professional, even the bathroom had a professional touch.This is an energy efficient building with the coolest "branding" at every point. The bank had contests to develop the different "brandings" of the bank. Very impressive stuff. In the cafeteria, they serve 2,400 meals per day from several different menus (which are posted weekly.) One of the offerings for today was a North Dakota burger. They encourage bicycling to work and have bike stalls in the basement as well as shower area.Ms. Corinna Fernando, who was one of the Deutsche Bank tour guides, shared an experience she had living near the East German border. When the borders were opened, "welcome money" (100 Deutsche marks) was given to the East Germans. Aldi's (grocery store) opened at 8 am and had to be shut down at 8:05 because of overcrowding.
Afterwards, we took a walking tour of Franfurt. As we passed a book store, our guide Steffan, showed us a book NOT to buy, NOT to buy, NOT to buy...he was the author and the books were quickly snapped up. I ordered a copy when I got home, but was able to read a lot of it on the way home. Good stuff. THE XENOPHOBES GUIDE TO THE GERMANS. We then went to the Goethe statue and the Goethe House. Thank you Goethe family.
We then had a nice dinner... pasta with ham.
Now, back on the train to Motel One.
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