Blogs from Prague, Czech Republic, Europe - page 200

So this entry is sort of a grab-bag of stories from the last two weeks. It turns out that internet access in Europe isn't quite as cheap as in other places of the world. I am currently sitting in a cafe, using Pugner's laptop with a wireless connection. Technology is nice sometimes. Doctor Dinner in Istanbul So how do you freel about the whole pharamacutical industry bribing doctors with gifts and expensive dinners and what not, in hopes of the doctors perscribing more of their drugs? Pretty sleezy, eh? Totally opposed? Me too. Until. Always an until. The world is never as black and white as we would like. I was offered a chance to go to one of these dinners by a Turkish doctor that befriended me in Istanbul. The food was delish. And the ... read more

Entries on our Krakow trip are being entered after March 30th. Click on previous entry to read about the event filled trip from Prague to Krakow and back. We made it back safely, but it was a wild adventure, especially getting to Krakow. We will tell you all about it in future as we have time to write. We arrived by train, that's right by train, not by car, this morning at 7:30. The car is still in Krakow, but it needed lots of help in getting there. ... read more

This will be our last post for a week or so. Tomorrow we ride with Kasha to Krakow. We doubt that we will be able or have time to add to this travelblog until we return. We will arrive here in Prague in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday, May 30th. Ruggiero is a very quiet, very intelligent young man from Southern Italy and holds a degree in philosophy and a masters degree. He came here for further study and will leave in just a few days. Once back home he will start a new job as the pastor of a Baptist church in the southern part of Italy. His English skills have improved tremendously since he arrived. I figure that show that how much more intelligent he is than I. I have been ... read more

We talked with a very interesting pastor from Maldova at breakfast this morning. He attended the conference of the European Baptist Union and also the EBU dedication service last night. Maldova is an agricultural country of rolling hills and valleys about the size of Maryland. He said there are no mountains in his home country. The Baptists in Maldova have a sister relationship with one of the states in the deep south in the U.S. but formerly they were partnered with our home state of Maryland. He had visited Maryland in the past and had fond memories of the cooperation with churches there. We were joined by two other men, both from Russia. They said that under Communism Baptists were always suspected of being American spies. He did not say so, but I expect man yAmericans ... read more

If you haven’t noticed, Nancy is clever. We both were approaching the shaggy dog stage again. Nancy had noticed that Cheryl’s hair is very nicely cut. So she asked her, “Where do you get your haircut?” Cheryl told her and gave her the business card for Hair Studio Divine. “Ask for Gabriela, she speaks English and I like her.” Yesterday Mirka called Gabriela from the library and made an appointment for both of us to get our haircut today. We caught the 7:58 bus from Jeneralka to Dejvicka. Cheryl’s directions were, “Walk to the KFC and take a right up the hill. The salon is a short walk from there.” KFC is a great landmark, after all we recognize Colonel Sanders and the letters KFC. I can’t see us ever eating there, but it is great ... read more