21 AUGUST 2011 JEANETTE, PRESPA LAKE, FATHER MAREK,OFM
Friday was a festive day for St. John Eudes. I was surprised and happy he got so much positive coverage in Facebook. Had Albanian class as usual.
As I heard that our visiting neighbour had had her birthday on the 15th, I invited Jeanette, with Bea and Donnacha, for a midday meal. We had a great time and managed well language-wise. None of the visitors had English but I think the menu provided a conversation base!!
My teacher, Ana, had spoken to me of a new road to Prespa - a local beauty spot that is divided between Macedonia, Greece and Albania. We saw the Greek part some weeks ago. So, yesterday morning, Ana and I set off and in half an hour we were at the very beautiful lake. There is an island one can visit, so as to see a little Orthodox church there. We did not take a boat as I would prefer to wait for the Sisters to enjoy it. We spent an hour and got back by noon.
I have been piecing together information and video clips - thanks, David - on World Youth Day. There was good TV coverage here. I look forward to hearing all quite soon now!
Today, we had Father Marek, OFM. for Mass. Rainer and I had arranged that I would invite Father Marek as Rainer was going to Pogradec with the Roma children. Rainer was issuing the invitation as Father Marek is Slovakian and has no English. To our surprise, Father Marek, when invited said, "Three" and then "Italians"!!! So, quite speedily, four of us were dining together here. Luckily, I had enough prepared, as I thought I might have to look for a miracle! Conversation was difficult, but continuous, and we managed very well!
Enjoy tomorrow - Feast of the Queenship of Our Lady, and have a good week.
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