{"id":67,"date":"2008-01-25T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2008-04-10T08:56:59","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T06:56:59","slug":"absolutely-intercultural-49-texas-is-a-state-of-mind-american-german-genealogy-travelling-with-servas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"absolutely intercultural 49 +++ Texas is a state of mind +++ American-German genealogy +++ travelling with Servas +++"},"content":{"rendered":"

absolutely unbelievable<\/strong>
\nLaurent tells us about an unbelievable coincidence he witnessed during his stay in Texas. An American family of three generations makes a trip to an immigration museum<\/a> in New Braunfels between Austin and St. Antonio to do some research with the help of an old photograph which shows their family house. To everybody\u2019s astonishment this turns out to be the very house the director of the museum lives in. All this unfolds while the microphone is running \u2026<\/p>\n

absolutely Texan-German
\n<\/strong>Linda Dietert, a true \u201cTexan-German\u201d tells us about the history of the <\/a>Texas<\/a> settlers in the 1850s<\/a>. Their descendants, some of whom still speak some German after all these generations, are often happy to talk about their background in the \u201cold world\u201d and keep up some of the old traditions such as sausage-making . But of course a Texan \u201cBratwurst<\/a>\u201d does not have the same taste as its German relatives – and why should it?<\/p>\n

absolutely hospitable<\/strong>
\nAgnes tells us about the \u201cHospitality Club<\/a>\u201d where you can find places to stay for your next journey if you cannot afford to pay for accommodation on your travels. Adelheid Korpp provides detailed information about \u201cServas<\/a>\u201d a non-profit organization which also puts you in contact with hosts around the world and she shares her experiences with us. We hear about hosts who give out their keys to guests whom they have never seen before or offer their own cars instead of telling you where to rent one. This Servas-spirit of sharing is meant to \u201cfoster new insight, knowledge and tolerance of others\u201d.<\/p>\n

The next show will be coming to you on 8 February from Anne Fox<\/a> in Denmark.<\/p>\n

So long\u2026stay tuned!<\/p>\n

The hosts of this show are: Dr. Laurent Borgmann<\/a> and Agnes Dus
\nEditor: Mathias Knops<\/p>\n

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absolutely Texas Gosh – the internet seems to put not just the world, but also our family history, at our finger tips. I noticed this on my last trip to Texas. People from all over the world do research in the Sophienburg Museum and Archives to find their ancestors. A family of three generations in … Continue reading “absolutely intercultural 49 +++ Texas is a state of mind +++ American-German genealogy +++ travelling with Servas +++”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[21,7,5,13,37,38,6,11,12,23,997,9,39,36,8,10,22],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-absolutely-intercultural","tag-communication","tag-culture","tag-education","tag-genealogy","tag-hospitality","tag-intercultural","tag-language","tag-lifelong-learning","tag-new-braunfels","tag-podcast","tag-practical-training","tag-servas","tag-sophienburg","tag-students","tag-study-abroad","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.absolutely-intercultural.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}