The Weekly Review

Where to begin. . . .hmmm. . . how about a very quick analysis of the past few days.

Thursday, Feb. 12: I had double classes. From 9-12 I had my critical writing class with Dr. Hinlicky then from 2-5 I had Church and Civil Society with Dr. Filo. That night I stayed in my room and read.

Friday, Feb. 13: Friday was spent taking a tour of the old city of Bratislava. We toured different buildings and were told about their past significance and their present uses. We had lunch in a restaurant that used to be an old wine cellar then continued our tour. The weather that day was relentlessly cold, windy, and had flurries so we headed back to the seminary around 3pm. That evening we went as a group to see a Slovak Philharmonic Concert, which a segment is showed in the video. The first half of the performance was generic style classical music and the second half was traditional Slovak music. After the performance, we ate tacos (of all things) then took the bus back to the bus stop closest to the seminary and stopped at a pub for a few hours (I stayed to make sure one of my friends got back okay).

Saturday, Feb. 14: The very popular Valentine's Day is just as popular here in Slovakia as it is at home. We spent the late morning and early afternoon at the mall for some grocery and shoe shopping and hat shopping. That evening, we went out to eat with Dr. Hinlicky as a "welcome to Slovakia" dinner. However there was a glitch in the plans and even though the food was amazingly good. . it costs us each (there are 10 of us) 51 euros! After this let down at the end of dinner we went back to our dorms and chilled the rest of the evening.

Sunday, Feb. 15: The whole day was spent studying and in retrospective, I studied the wrong things. Anyway, that evening we were supposed to go to a jazz club but some of us decided against it 1) because we were studying and 2) we had no money to spare after the restaurant episode the night before.

Today, Monday, Feb. 16: I had class and a test today. . then a wonderful lunch of pork, veggies, and noodles. And now reading for tomorrow's class and possibly reading for a few others.

On a side note: Our door to our balcony is still not in working order. The door knob refuses to turn so, currently, our suitcases are piled against the door to keep the wind out and they don't always succeed, but it works most of the time. However, this problem will be solved within a matter of days as soon as it can be arranged, the local repairman will come and fix our door!!

I got to go but more later gator :)