Friends and Fun Priatelov a Zabava

Friends and Fun Priatelov a Zabava

In the beginning Začiatok

The U.S. Peace Corps sent us to the little village of Stará Tura for training. There I roomed with Jason and Ruben. Jason left to teach English in Central Slovakia. Ruben went to work with small businesses in Southern Slovakia, and I went to Eastern Slovakia to work with Slovenský raj National Park.

Mirozboro Spojnov Státov poštľali nas do malej dediný Stará Tura na trainingu. Tam som bíval s Jasonom a Rubenom. Jason potom bol učitel Angličiny v Strené Slovensku. Ruben prácoval s malými podníkeťlmi v Komaronu a Ja som išil robiť v Spišskej Novej Vsi so spravou Národný Park Slovenský raj.

Spikačky and Colleagues from Slovenský raj

Roasting spikačky (hotdog type products) on an open fire must be in the 10 ten Slovak past times. I was very lucky to have great colleagues at Slovenský raj National Park.

Opekať spikačky je Slovenská tradicia. Mal som vela štastná a doštal som najlepšie koleagovia na správu Slovenský raj National Park.

Garden parties and Bar-B-Q

As far as I could figure out the grill is relatively new in Slovakia, but it fits in perfectly. Most Slovak families have a garden, and it's a great place for a grill. These tend to be nice places to spend a summer afternoon. Gulash was on the menu at the first garden party I went to. However, hamburgers and BBQ seemed to be catching on in Spišská. Lubo (guy in the center) claims that he found my place by the smell of hamburgers once. As much as Slovaks knock hamburgers, most will not pass up the opportunity to have a real American style hamburger. We also made various varieties of BBQ chicken.

The picture above is in Lenka's garden after a BBQ feast. Left to rigth Lenka, Aďa, Lubo, Jano.

Myslim si že gríl je nová vec na Slovensko, ale ide tam perfektné. Vela Slovenskej rodin majú zahrádku, a zahrádka je prefektné miesto na grílovanie. Je súper na letné dni. Strávili že gulaš na mojé prvé zahradké party, ale hamburgery a BBQ sú viac viac popularné v SNV. Lubo tvrdí že prvý krat našil moj být kvali vônu hamburgerov. Vela Slovakov tvrdí že hamburgery sú zlé ale sa mi zda že keď My sme grílovali boli dosť popularné. Tieš chutily všteci BBQ kurča.

Baseball

I never played baseball before I went to Slovakia, but being an American, I must have been an expert. What I did not know at the start is that playing baseball in Slovakia consists of a lot of siting in the bar talking about baseball, and very little playing. We had a great time!

The picture on the left is the team picture starting on the back left: Ivan (U.S.A) Ruben (U.S.A) Mišo (SK) David (U.S.A.) Slavo (SK) Me (U.S.A), front left Vilo (Sk) Tomaš (Sk) Dewy (U.S.A). Ok sometimes we had a hard time getting Slovaks to turnout for games. We got better turnout for the activities in the picture on the left. The picture was taken in the Hubert Pub in Zvolen, SK home to the best restaurant made halušky in Slovakia.

Nikdy som nehrál baseball pred tým som bol na Slovensko, ale som Američan tak musím byť expert však. Čo som neviedal na začinátok je že hrať baseball známina sediť v krčme a rozpravať o baseballe. Bolo to skvelé.

Fotká na ľavu je Ivan (U.S.A) Ruben (U.S.A) Mišo (SK) David (U.S.A.) Slavo (SK) Me (U.S.A.), front left Vilo (Sk) Tomaš (Sk) Dewy (U.S.A). Ok nikedy nebolo tom vela Slovakov na zapasy. Viac boli pre činnosťach v druhej fotké. Táto fótka je z Hubert Pubu ktorá má najlepšie halušky (okrem domáci).