In August I visited friends in Ohio and their area is also Amish country. We visited Behalt, an Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center, and I got to speak German with an Amish man.

I got to speak German with an Amish man!!!

I also learned that:

• most people have no clue about the Amish and Mennonite people.
• most of what we (think we) know about the Amish and Mennonite is incorrect.
• the Amish speak no Dutch!
• they're also not from Pennsylvania.
• they don't all speak Pfälzisch. Really!

It did my heart and soul a lot of good to speak German with a native speaker again. I hope you enjoy hearing about it.

Visit Behalt: https://behalt.com/

behalten: to keep, to preserve, to maintain

Here for the Right Reason Riesling: https://www.germanwithnicole.com/page/221830-german-wine-words

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Nicole Warner is Frau Warner of GermanWithNicole.com and is a German learner (certified level C2) and a certified instructor for German as a Foreign Language. She lived in Germany from 2003-2008 and has traveled widely in Germany. Frau Warner has helped people learn to communicate in German since 2010.

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