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    Getting All Giddy About Foreigners

    I was going to title this post “Why Foreigners Make Me Giddy”, but I’m not sure if I know exactly why they make me giddy. Maybe some of you, my trusty blog friends, can analyze this and tell me why! Here is the rundown on my foreign connections, starting way back in the days of my childhood: 1. In 5th grade, a set of twin girls from Germany (I still remember their names: Claudia and Corinna Heine!) came to my town to stay with their Grandma for the year. I befriended Corinna and spent lots of days at her Oma’s house, learning all kinds of stuff about German language, baking,…