"[Truth] is most important, because the people are too easily led by tradition. It is because of this that they are often antagonistic to each other, and dispute with one another ( Read more... )

It is finally time to come home. We are very ready to be home. We had one last morning in Ljubljana and then it was time to fly home. (see pix)
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Sunday was certainly a day to recover from the night before. We had to leave the party early because Damian's full body twitching escalated to the point of repetitive twitching. We had become concerned that they could progress to convulsions. We left the reception with the information on how to get to the emergency room of Ljubljana. While ( Read more... )

Today is the BIG DAY. It has finally come. After all of the hopeful relationships that resulted in only friendships. After telling everyone that he was not going on his year of service to find a wife. After telling everyone that she was not going to marry the new (eligible) Baha'i coming to Ljubljana. After nine months separated by two ( Read more... )

Today we are going to visit with Baha'is who have befriended and supported Josh since his year of service. First we will be picking Josh up at the Baha'i Center. The Baha'i Center is in the opposite corner of Ljubljana from our apartment. Amongst the four of us (Damian spent the day with Maruska) we had been to and from the Baha'i Center at least ( Read more... )

Today we spent out day as tourists. We went to two sites in Slovenia, the Postojna caves and the Predjama castle. The Postojna caves is over 20 kilmeters long, although we can tour only about 5 kilometers of it. It is a “Karst” or “Carso” cave system that is created by the draining of limestone creating stalactites and stalagmites. (see pix)
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We have the morning to get acquainted with our surroundings. We are staying in a two bedroom, upstairs apartment. It is in an area more recently developed, with some evidence of incorporating older farm land. The apartment is called Domacija which is a farm with a cafe attached. There are many fruit trees in the yards of the neighbors. I ( Read more... )

(Wait a minute, what happened to Saturday? Yeah, that's called jet lag.)

The shuttle to the airport worked just right. We arrived to Stansted airport, ready for our final leg to Ljubljana and our (new) family.

Going into the Stansted airport we found a sea of people (see pix).
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It's Friday, July 20, 2007. We are on our way to Slovenia and Josh's wedding. “We” include, Bob, Karen, Damian, and Zack Lynch, and Charles Tucker (Karen's dad). Fortunately, it was no problem convincing Bob that we didn't need to leave the house at 7am to catch our 11:30 flight out of Portland. This will be a recurring negotiation throughout ( Read more... )

We continue to maintain the kitchen. This is our big commitment. We are very pleased that it is working. I was able to clean our bedroom as well. This will help with the unpacking this weekend. I want to focus on unpacking, and getting everything into its place (for as much as we can do that). We still have a few things that need to be ( Read more... )