In the meantime, one quick story.....
Today, we headed to the "Red Castle". Now, I'm sure that there is a better word for the name, but that is the English translation and, quite frankly, I don't have time to research it to give you the correct name. Amy and I headed out the door at 3:00 and boarded the bus that was already nearly full. Prior to entering the bus, I asked the one professor what her name was (in Slovak) after introducing myself, and asked her what town she came from. (the reason for the question was because she bears an amazing resemblance to one of my relatives...but I'll have to elaborate on that in a later blog.)
In any event, it was obvious that I didn't speak Slovak.
We headed out to the castle, and when we disembarked, and headed into the castle grounds, there were some confusing moments when it became obvious that we had boarded the incorrect bus. What is rather amusing is that the one instructor actually did a head count three times. Besides Amy, there was another young woman with us, which should have increased the numbers by three, but somehow, these women missed that fact.
During the tour, the one instructor came up to me and began to converse to me in Slovak, asking me the typical drill questions for newbys. I am proud to say that I could converse with her through about three questions: my name, where I lived and my profession. Also told her that I was pleased to meet her. That was certainly exciting for me as I continue to fall short in the classroom when it comes to answering questions.
Oh, one exciting thing for the day: Amy was interviewed by the Slovak Television crew and should be on television tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. That would be 1:00 p.m. Eastern time, not that any of you would pick up Slovak television to see her, but thought it would be worth mentioning.
I'll leave you with some photos of the day.
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