"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast" -Oscar Wilde |
"The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." -- Proverbs 11:25 |
Bush later toured the 700-year-old St. Nicholas Church, where he put Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the spot.
Rice, who once trained to be a concert pianist, admired an enormous 165-year-old organ with pipes that filled one end of the sanctuary.
Bush noticed, and saw an opening, too. He turned to the tour guide, Pastor Hans Peter Neumann.
"This is Condoleezza Rice," he said. "She wants to play the organ."
But the secretary made no music.
That came later when the party was met in Trinwillershagen by a band dressed in red jackets that played American songs.
Clearly in a playful mood, Bush took the band leader's baton and conducted a few bars. Then he sneaked behind a female flutist and poked her on the shoulder, giving her a start.