Ruth Kahl Barrett accompanied her student Steve Sisk as his legal guardian and German tutor for a summer three-week trip to Germany.

Her friends in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg very generously hosted their entire stay, July 10-30. [40 photos selected.]

Steve with host family Franz & Gertrud Maçek visiting Miltenberg - July 11

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Steve with host family Franz & Gertrud visiting Clingenburg - July 11

Steve with our host Frank Maçek visiting Schönbusch Park - July 12

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Our host Frank Maçek photographs Steve and Ruth visiting Schönbusch Park - July 12

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Steve visiting Schönbusch Park - July 12

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Visiting Würzburg - July 20: Ruth, Steve, and Pflaumheim's priest; Steve photographs Ruth and the Pflaumheim priest

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Steve with our host family Franz & Gertrud Maçek visiting Obernburg - July 21

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Our hosts Franz & Gertrud Maçek visiting Mespelbrunn - July 21

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Host family Franz & Gertrud Maçek take us to Aschaffenburg - July 22

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July 23: Host family Franz & Gertrud Maçek take Steve and Ruth to Feste Otzburg, Hering, and Erbach

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July 25: Host family Gertrud & Heinz Blachnik take Steve and Ruth to Seligenstadt

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July 28: Host family Gertrud & Franz Maçek take Steve and Ruth to Wertheim

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July 29: Steve and Ruth visit the Lautenschläger family at their Bäckerei in Babenhausen

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July 21: Steve and Ruth take Regina's dog Maxl on a walk up to the Anna Kapelle, Pflaumheim

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July 21: Rathaus, in Steve and Ruth's host village of Pflaumheim

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July 30: Regina Maçek, Steve and Ruth's hostess in Pflaumheim

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July 30: Inge and Andreas Waidelich, host family in Heidelberg, take Steve and Ruth to Schloß Schwetzingen