Just thought I'd share a photo of our Slovakia home these next few weeks. It really does stand out in the countryside.
We're still having a tough time sleeping despite daring to keep the window and door open at night to try to get some sort of air circulation in the room. We've been told that the weather is supposed to get cooler....so we are definitely looking forward to that.
Our classes went fairly well today. For those of you wondering, we are not the only mother-child attendees. We have a Swedish mother and her son as well as a mother and daughter from Thailand in the class along with us. And I hear tell that there is another mother/son in the other set of classes.
We do have a great group of participants, although the other American, (a retired man was born in McKeesport and claims to have a Slovak town named after his Slovak ancestors) has been a bit annoying. Actually, he seems to feel the need to answer any question that I direct to the teacher in a very condescending tone. I thought that perhaps his tension was only felt by me, until Amy mentioned to me that she noticed his abruptness as well and was going to say something to him about just leaving me alone. Not to worry....I'm up for the challenge.
I can't quite understand why this man is in the class if he already knows Slovak. And, to be quite honest with you, if there is a town named after his Slovak ancestor who supposedly was an earl, then why did he emigrate to America? If one had a entire village named after him, I'd think he was pretty important and wouldn't decide to go trotting off to another country. Don't you?
Lunch was certainly a surprise. We have to order out meals the day before so they know how much to prepare. I have had a difficult time finding items that do not have peppers in them. (Remember that I am violently allergic to green/yellow/red peppers.) So, I ordered the fruit for today. Sounded safe. And it was:
Yep...that was all mine. 4 Bananas, 4 nectarines, 2 oranges and 2 apples. Obviously, I didn't eat it all. Amy ordered a ham dish that actually was pepper free as well.
So, we shared her meal, ate a couple of pieces of fruit, and brought the rest to the room for snacks.
When the classes were complete, we headed into Modra as part of the program, by foot. But it really was only a walking tour with a group, then we were on our own. Amy and I decided to eat dinner in town since dinner here is limited to one choice and it was not pepper free.
We had some great Bryndza pirohy,
and I enjoyed a glass of wine, which, by the way, only cost me .5 euro for a glass!
Nope...I'm not shocked by the price. I'm actually trying to open my eyes wide enough so that I don't look so tired for the photo!
After dinner we walked along the town. For now, I'll say Dovidenia while leaving you some photos of Modra to admire.
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