Class was wonderful yesterday... it's getting easier each day... two of the girls in my group are from Czech Republic... and Friday is their last day... (they were only able to stay for one of the two weeks). I'll post a picture of them later... (I forgot my camera yesterday)
Last night we got to go on a field trip... to an open air museum here in Martin - it was my understanding this was done to protect the history from communisim influence...
The open-air Museum of the Slovak Village shows the folk architecture, type of dwelling and lifestyle of traditional rural communities in Slovakia from the 19th to early 20th century. The original concept for this exhibition originated in 1930 (D. Jurkovic, J. Geryk). The first objects were acquired in 1940 (A. Polonec). The present-day exhibition began its formation in 1967.
here are a few pictures:
above are a variety of bee hives... the one on the middle top is a face with tongue sticking out!
This church was amazing... it's a quaint catholic church... we had a worship service in there (Lutheran style)... I was having camera/flash problems so no pictures of the inside...
After we had the tour, we went back to one of the buildings and were served a traditional Slovakian meal: Goulash (which was more like an american beef stew with a broth rather than a thick gravy), halusky (a potato dumpling with cheese - it's got kind of a macaroni & cheese taste), then desert was the same potato dumpling but coated with poppy seeds and a sweet sauce and finally a jelly filled donut (yum was that good!) at the beginning of the meal we had a honey wine... here's Mary and I raising our glasses... (I'm looking like a drowned rat from all the rain)
it was a good day... until tomorrow --Kim
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