The ones marching across my kitchen counter looked so confident, I just figured they had a plan, knew where they were going and what needed to be done.

We emerged from the shade of the lake fringe and crossed some low, gray sand dunes. Soon an Afar boy and girl came with their herd of goats to investigate.

The main railway station in Duisburg was closed because of the number of young people wandering across the tracks, a railway spokesman said.