We are staying at the Munz Hotel in Kosice (Ko sheets ca). It is unusal in the sense that it has an Andy Warhol Museum as part of the Hotel. His mother was born near Kosice and so that is a natural affinity to him. So the Hotel is a attribute to him and his art and there are some rare prints in the museum room including a Marilyn Monroe print that has unusal lighting. See picture below of a statue of Andy Warhol on the soup can.
Kosice is the second largest city in Slovakia on the eastern side near the Hungarian border. It is about 250,000 people. It has a nice and well preserved city center. We had a unique experience, as we entered the city center main street (Hlavna) we ran into the missionaries including Elder Smith who we met in Bratislava, he had been transfered this week to Kosice.
We spent the day walking up and down the main street and went to a couple of museums which were more like a museum of a museum, they were old museums so it was like seeing what a museum would have been like in the 50s. We did some shopping. We actually walked 7 km (4 1/2 miles), okay Cristina we understand that it nothing compared to your marathon. There is a major marathon in this community, see the picture of the statue,
So Carol wants me to add that the best 5 euros we have spent the entire trip was for the taxi back to the Hotel which is 3 1/2 kms uphill. We had a nice day and have a deep appreciation for this wonderful land. We have felt God's love for his children by providing a beautiful earth. We have felt saddness as we have learned of man's inhumanity to one another in this land. We have added our prayers for the missionaries and the Church. What a marvelous story about the church being established in this land.
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