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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Sudeten Germans and the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. To be updated

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By Bill and Nancy
March 17th 2005

Route from Prague to Krakow Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

I went to the library early this morning to check our e-mail. My hope was that an e-mail would be waiting telling me we have a hotel reservation in Krakow. When I brought my e-mail up there was a message from the Hotel Jan. The subject line read, “No subject.” Is that a portend of good news or bad news? This time it was good news. I opened the message and read a room has been reserved for us. Hotel Jan is in the oldest part of Krakow, only a block from the Old Town Square. The building is several hundred [View Full Entry]

By Bill and Nancy
March 16th 2005

Doreen and Nancy Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Doreen and Nancy

Doreen, a very friendly young Arab Christian woman from Israel, asked Nancy to edit her with her paper on Christians and divorce. Doreen came to our room about seven and working together they finished about two hours later. Doreen had written a very good paper. Our long time working together wasn’t a long time in correcting errors. It was a good long time of my learning more from her about marriage and divorce as it is seen in the eyes of people from the Middle East. It was also a painful time of seeing how our casual attitude toward divorce in [View Full Entry]

By Bill and Nancy
March 15th 2005

Antonio leaves for Spain Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Antonio

Antonio, another of our new young friends, left for his home in Spain today. He said he will see us next month. There are so many students coming and going that it is hard to keep up with who is here and who is away. Antonio is another of the library users that we have come to know. Antonio is one of the students I have enjoyed learning to know because he is doing more than most students would do around the city of Prague. He works with Latino students and residents of Prague. He and I have talked about the [View Full Entry]

By Bill and Nancy
March 14th 2005

Kasha said "Yes." Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Angel in the State Opera House

Kasha said “Yes, you can ride with me to Krakow.” We will ride with her from Prague to Krakow on Thursday March 24th and return on Tuesday March 29th. She said she will have a friend look into reserving us a room in a hotel. I believe this will be a very interesting trip. I have sworn off brussel sprouts. There is an untrue belief that brussel sprouts are a member of the cabbage family, a vegetable. They are not!!! Brussel sprouts are small green leafy spheres of highly compressed gas disguised as a vegetable. I am not going to eat [View Full Entry]

By Bill and Nancy
March 13th 2005

Going to Krakow????? Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Well make that 48 days straight of snow. We got more again today. When we took another long walk today it was drizzling when we set out, but soon that turned to snow. We had a nice long talk with Chris at breakfast. Chris is our ‘across the hall neighbor’ here but really comes from Gdansk, the seaport in extreme northern Poland. “Tell us about Krakow,” I said. “What do you want to know?” Chris replied. “We are thinking of going there for a few days,” I answered. “We need to leave the Czech Republic for a day or several [View Full Entry]

By Bill and Nancy
March 12th 2005

Learning to cross country ski Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Little boy and father having a great time.

The morning dawned bright and sunny. For the first time in a about six weeks or so the temperature actually rose above freezing today and there was some melting of the snow. Today was a good day for taking a long walk and in the afternoon that is exactly what we did. The ice no longer covers the small stream that runs through the Sarka Valley. We noticed that, with the melting snow, much more water is flowing in the creek. We sincerely hope there is not a quick melt of snow across the Czech Republic this spring. Several years ago [View Full Entry]

By Bill and Nancy
March 11th 2005

Friends at breakfast and La Traviata Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Kasha and Denitza

Almost every morning we eat with three young women. Katarzyna (Kasha) is from Poland, Denitza is from Bulgaria and Johanna who is from Hungary. Why? Are we unfriendly with everyone else? Are we the outcasts eating at the table for the untouchables? No, we eat with them as the five of us are the only ones in the cafeteria at seven-thirty.-we also eat with them because I like them a lot. We don’t have much time to talk but we always catch up on the weather report, what we think about something or the other and just enjoy a friendly feeling [View Full Entry]

By Bill and Nancy
March 10th 2005

We are toast .....or are we? Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

I guess Nancy and I are toast ... in theory anyway. We were working on the second floor moving books in the stacks and noticed a fire alarm was going off. Of course we ignored it. After all yesterday workmen were testing the alarms, so why should today be different. The alarm sounded for ten minutes or so when we heard footsteps on the stairs. Honza came in saying, “Go outside. This is a serious fire drill.” I was not sure how to interpret “serious fire drill.” Did this mean there was a fire? That would be serious. Or did he [View Full Entry]

By Bill and Nancy
March 9th 2005

Mission of Mercy Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Shaynah and Emanuel

As soon as she finished breakfast Nancy headed to the nearest grocery store to buy a bunch of Actimel. We will keep one package for ourselves and give the rest for use by the sick CAT students. Actimel has the beneficial bacteria needed to recolonize the lower gut after flu like diseases or food poisoning, heavy antibiotic use, etc. I made the world’s record time in going and getting back. I left the room at 8:05 got to the bus stop by 8:14 (even with stopping to buy a bus ticket at Reception) and rode to the stop at the grocery [View Full Entry]

By Bill and Nancy
March 8th 2005

And the bug contines Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Doreen and Yanna

“I think I’m getting sick,” Chris said when we saw him this morning. When we returned to our room after working in the library this evening Chris was in bed with a terrible headache and a temperature of almost 104. Unfortunately he was right this morning when he said, “I think I am getting sick.” Nurse Nancy is trying to take care of sick people on our hallway. I believe everyone on our hallway, except Nancy, either has been or is sick with flu. The real campus nurse says she knows exactly how Chris is feeling as that is exactly the [View Full Entry]

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