Laura and I have spent the last week visiting relatives, hiking the small Carpathian mountains, touring the cities of Bratislava(capital of Slovakia),Modra, Trnerva and the spa village of Piestany. We visited as well the castles at Cerveny Kamen(Red Stone) and the Palffy Castle in Smolenice. The Palffy and the Lichtenstein families(yeh, you got it, the Lichtensteins of the country) owned most of Slovakia,and the Czech Republic. They were close to the ruling Maria Theresa who descended from King Stephen( circa 1000) of the Hungarian Empire. While they were not in line for the throne,they were made enormously wealthy by the ruling dynasty in Vienna because of their skills as defenders of the empire.Good to be king, No?
By now those of you on Face Book have seen the photos that Mae Henry( our niece) posted so I will include only a few here later on.
Since we are in the foothills of the Carpathian mountains,the weather is cool(not I hear Like NYC), has been dry and very pleasant to move around in.
The charm of this holiday is the time spent with family both American and Slovak. Technology, mainly the internet, has totally closed the gap between our cultures and people. The living lesson here is that we can all be aware of what each and all of us are doing at any given time through the internet. Therefore, our words and actions matter more than perhaps any time in the past. This starts, as I have seen through the eyes and thoughts of the people of the small village of Smolenice, commenting on what the German, English and American governments did over the weekend.
So, dear friends, Let's Make Sense, stay aware that We are All One, in my opinion.
Like to hear your thoughts.
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