The First Lady was almost busier than Bam during the Baroque Obama European Tour, and she managed to pull off a feat that few other politicos have achieved in recent political history: Michelle Obama had tea with Dr. Joachim Sauer, husband of Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany (pic, above). A quantum chemist, Dr. Sauer is so famously reticent about appearing in public that he supposedly missed Chancellor Merkel's inauguration. But Herr Doktor and Frau Präsidentin broke bread together on Friday, April 3 in Strasbourg, as their spouses prepared for the NATO summit. Lovin' the fact that Michelle's fave beverage, Coca Cola, is being served at tea time...
Perhaps the First Lady's huge charm factor is responsible for the First Mann's new friendliness? He was the sole male spouse at British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's G-20 dinner, and word has it that the two spent time together on that evening. Herr Doktor also toured Strasbourg, France, with the First Lady and French First Lady Carla Sarkozy (in pic)...which made him, briefly, one of the luckiest men in the Europe.*Thanks to Ob Fo reader "Herr Goethe" for sending in the top pic, which appeared originally on Spiegel Online...
