Description: A History
Last evening, the 1st of August, we met again at Zlaty Jelen (Golden Deer) with friends. After summer holiday, Vlado has begun a new year here at our old meeting place in a long-forgotten wine cellar. Daniel has become a good friend and a very reliable source of the small aspects of our history. We meet as often as we can aside from Jelen, and discuss more ideas than I can list here. Along with Stephan (our defacto waiter), Daniel is doing research on Slovakia’s past. Their input is a major help in gaining
I met with Prof. Homza privately to discuss our strategy regarding my visa search, and my connection to his research. There is still so very much to learn about the totality of our history; I am dedicated to absorbing as much as possible. Vlado served up an incredible stew (with Stephan’s help), and dinner was as always beyond compare. We always have some sort of wild game, and rice or dumplings. Appetizers of Vlado’s homemade sausage and bryndza on the freshest of baguette rounds await as we walk into the
Since I can only pick out a few words as the “elders” discuss politics and other ideas, I listen with intent and attempt to gather what I can, and with Daniel’s help I to understand the “mind-set” of the Slovaks… if it possible. I sorely miss my conversations with Pavel Dubcek about everything under the sun. I will never forget the look on his face when I asked him if he was related to the great Alexander Dubcek that stood up for Czecho-Slovakia in 1968… of course he was his son. I think it endeared me to h