My dear neighbors in Traben-Trarbach learned much about Ronald Reagan, American history and civics, during the 1980 campaign. I was all of 26 at the time, but I had a good education, and spoke the language fairly well.
My points were driven home on Inauguration Day, when the hostages landed at Ramstein.
My cousins in the black forest area did not, I was 27 at the time.