At the moment I'm exhausted and beyond crabby, but I've been feeling horrible about not blogging more, but after this it will become apparent why:
11 June: Rode train from Prague to Prešov, serendipitously meeting a couple who are studying at the summer language institute Studium Carpatho-Ruthenorum. Transferred to penzion and translated.
12 June: Finished a translation job and went to the SNM-Museum of Rusyn Culture to work on the exhibit text and clean up the Slovak version so it could be translated into Rusyn. Went to the opening of the Studium Carpatho-Ruthenorum for a few minutes and arrived to the apartment I'm living in.
13 June: More work on the text and headaches about the design of the panels and translation of the text into Rusyn.
14 June: More of the same. Studium came to the museum, so I met people there, and finally met with the printer.
15 June: Got proofs from the printer and sent everything there. Rode to Bratislava via Stará Ľubovňa and a great koliba outside of Ružomberok. Arrived to Bratislava and wound down from the long drive.
16 June: Went to the signing of the cooperation agreement between the SNM-Museum of Rusyn Culture and the Carpatho-Rusyn Society, and thence to lunch overlooking the Danube. Rode from Bratislava to the village of Piliszentkereszt/Mlynky, 32km outside of Budapest - learning Hungarian phrases and lots of laughing on the way. Socialized with Rusyn colleagues in a very Rusyn way upon arrival.
17 June: Opening session of the World Council of Rusyns in the morning, World Forum of Rusyn Youth in the afternoon. Highlight of the day was the cultural program in the evening, videos coming soon. More Rusyn-style socialization after until about 3am.
18 June: Up at 7:30 for the last day of the World Congress of Rusyns, which was colorful to say the least. Taxi from Piliszentkereszt/Mlynky to Budapest, then taxi from Budapest to Prešov - enjoying picking apart everything we all experienced the last few days. Arrived to Prešov around 11PM and wound down.
19 June: Got groceries early so that there was some breakfast. Prepared audio for Rusyn radio program. Walked around town with a friend and had lunch, then hung out doing my Sunday NYTimes reading ritual and organized calling in to the Rusyn radio program. Postmortem afterwards.
20 June: Kept hitting the snooze button, causing a bit of a rush to get everyone organized and then to the museum to drop something off and see the kids visiting from the Rusyn schools in Radvan nad Laborcom and Čabiny - hopeful for the future. Went to the discussion period of a lecture, then to lunch and back to the center to meet with some friends, then to the museum to await the arrival of the printer, my latest hero. Then a quick run to the train station to meet a friend, and immediately back to the museum. Then a walk over to the new university dorms and to meet some more friends. Finally, dinner and more meetings with new and old friends. The running around ran me ragged, but it was fun.
21 June: Morning meetings in the center, home to nap, then to the museum for the opening, which was a resounding success. Came home and agitated amongst young Rusyns from villages.
22 June: slept in, finally. Lunch with two young Rusyn activists. Tonight, Rusyn theatre.
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My great-grandfather John Zukovich (probably Jan Zhukovich in Slovak) was a Rusyn from Kolackov, Slovakia). He emmigrated to Cleveland in the late 1800s. Do you know if you are related to him? Some of his descendents moved to Johnstown, PA. Please email me at pbroda@att.net
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