On Thursday morning, the City of Frankfurt hosted a reception for the Northpoint travelers.  We were invited to the City Hall, a beautiful building that not everyone is allowed to go inside of.  We met in a room (the Emperor's Hall) decorated with paintings of each of the Emperors of Germany.

We stood in awe of the history represented in this room, until a representative of the Mayor's Office and the leader of the Green Party (who is an ERSII graduate) in Frankfurt greeted us and gathered us into a Northpoint-style circle-up and spoke about how important this exchange is to the City and Germany as a whole.  They had very nice things to say to Mr. Zinni and I about how powerful the exchange between Northpoint and Ernst Reuter II can be for both cities and countries.

The Rathaus (City Hall) flew an American flag in our honor and presented me with a book about Frankfurt as a gift.   The principal of ERSII also presented gift baskets to both Zinni and Wagoner, on behalf of his school.

We all felt quite honored.