Where in Germany? (that's a popular question)... I lived in Darmstadt for about three years. My dad was stationed at Cambri Fritch Kaserne (which was near Rhine Mein/Frankfurt).

Regardless, I did have to retake some early year of school because of the starting age difference in the countries (as, of course, did my brother).

I almost had to do that. My parents sent me to school in Panama young so when we moved in the middle of the school year to New York. They almost made me stay behind and repeat it again but my parents objected (heh, not going back to having a kid at home all day...) and since I already completed part of it, I got to finish the rest.