Sunday, October 24, 2010

Still no power...Our adventure continues with Stan waking us up bright and early to attend church.  He failed to call and confirm that church would actually be held in Bratislava today.  It turns out that there was a district conference and no local services were held.  Still no power... So we spent the day walking on the Promenade by the Danube, having a nice brunch at Hotel Devin, taking a guided tour of the old city, and driving to the Castle Devin.  Now the Castle Devin is only about 5 miles away, but becaause we failed to make the necessary left turn (it was not marked)  we made it into a 25 mile trip.  We hiked to the top of the castle and enjoyed a spectacular view of the Morova River as it merged with the Danube.  Still no power.... We had a lovely dinner at the Riviera Restaurant just up the street from where we are staying.  Still no power.....Stan called the missionaries and we are meeting them for lunch tomorrow.  Because we still have no power we went downstairs to the study center in the dorm and read and charged up the computer and phones, etc.  (No wonder we blew a fuse.)  Thankfully we did not shut down all of the lights in the study center.  We were delighted to receive a telephone call from Cristina and Mathis while we were there.  They thought it was unusual that Stan answered the phone with a whisper instead of a big HOWDY.  We explalined our electrical problem and how we were hanging out in the study hall.  It was so good to get their call and chat!  We have experienced a bit of a roll reversal.  Carol has spend years ignoring the fact that Stan wears his houseslippers out in public, everywhere.  Today, with tired feet, Carol wore here pink slippers to the study hall, while Stan looked dapper with his Dress Loafers.