I have not written for a over a week. This is because after spending several days in the Netherlands we went the very next weekend (this last one) to Prague. Traveling makes me tired. Plus, when we got back from Prague, we found 1) the fridge had ripened due to bad turkey, 2) the dishwasher had stopped in the middle of a run, causing the dishes inside to mold, 3) the TV would not turn on, 4) the DVR would not stop flashing 12:02 and 5) the internet router was kaputt. To top this off, when we went to the bathroom, and flushed,...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Sunday, March 02, 2014
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Wien. Only two hours away, but a world away in looks, feel and overall life as compared to Slovakia. I loved it, as did Caden. We took the bus from Bratislava (1 Hour) and arrived at the Hauptbahnhof. We took U1 to St. Stephens Square, where Caden was visibly awed by the site of St. Stephen's Cathedral. We stayed at a wonderfully located pension, only about three blocks from the cathedral. The city is fabulous....
Sunday, March 02, 2014
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I just saw George Clooney’s Monuments Men. I am deeply disappointed in the movie. If you read the reviews of the movie, you
will find that the prevailing opinion is that the movie was mediocre at best.
One critic reports that the film “offers
up a mostly mediocre mixture of art connoisseurs traipsing around Europe trying
to secure priceless works before the Nazis set everything ablaze, and very
superficial bonding between the men who are sometimes put in life-threatening
situations.”
However, my disappointment does not
come...
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
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I know, it seems like 700 year since I posted something.....
We have been traveling each weekend. Two weeks ago we went to a city in Slovakia
called Trencin. The city was smaller
than Nitra (which has at last count just under 100,000). We took the train, which was very nice going,
and difficult returning. Going we took the IC, which is a nice train in that it
is modern, clean, quiet and well modulated.
They spoke English...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
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You know what is the hardest about being in Slovakia? Without a doubt it's the language. It's so difficult, and tiring. Very tiring. You also have to be a pro at charades. Seriously. I need to go to pantomime school.
I do a lot of prep work before we travel. Hours. This is because I need train schedules, bus schedules, hotel information, tourist information, map information etc. I have a Slovak cell phone and...
Monday, February 10, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
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I have been in a funk. For the last week, I have been sleeping and watching movies. I could not get my thoughts together. I think I was just on overload with everything that I had been doing for the past few months. Directly after the fall semester, I drove to Iowa to be with my family for Christmas, which is nice- but not restful. Then I turned around and taught Entertainment PR in L.A. for 11 days, which despite it being...
Monday, February 3, 2014
Monday, February 03, 2014
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Banska Bystrica is the 6th largest city in Slovakia (Nitra, by comparison is 4th). The town was settled by German settlers, and officially became a town is 1255! It was known as a copper mining town and today it is the capitol of the Banská Bystrica Region. The copper deposits were depleted by the 18th century, but timber, paper and textiles developed. The city sits in three mountain chains: the Low Tatras to the north-east,...
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