Having now been introduced to The German Healthcare System, my big takeaway is:
Germans pronounce "Okamoto" very nicely
A smaller takeaway that was merely reinforced again today is:
For some reason I'm way more passing here than in the states
the monkey paw curled and I get to spend more time in Germany with my boyfriend, but only because I was running a 100.5 fever and was too ill to get to the airport at 6am this morning to catch my flight home