Relo Tour Around Town

Tuesday, the co-owner of the Relocation Company took me on a quick tour of some important things.

First, we went to the International Women's Club meeting in the Crowne Plaza Hotel downtown.  Normally they have informal coffee meetings every Tuesday but, this day they were holding the elections for the coming year.  No one ran opposed, so everyone won - they try to rotate new people in each year or two so that others can have turns and also so that no one has too hard of a job.  The club actually does a lot of activities.  They host a large Christmas Bazaar/Market that all of the embassies participate in.  All of the proceeds go to charity.  They also have many groups and special activities.  Group examples: Golf, Hiking, Book Club, French, German, Slovak, English, Mah-Jong, etc.  Activity examples: Cultural Trip, Shopping Trip, Lunch of the Month, etc.  And, at meetings they try to bring in a speaker - the one we saw this time was a medical group and their spa and what they had to offer.  It was actually really nice to know that there are multiple options for health care.  I also met several American women that have children at our school, and again one that has a boy in Scouts.  Since September is a time when most rotations start, there were 24 new members from all over the world - including 5 Americans.  So, is a good place to meet new people and get to see cultural places and new things with others.  

Speaking of Health Care, next Ivona took me to a recommended Doctor's Office for Brian and I - just so I knew where it was.  And then to the Children's Hospital and the Emergency Room and a recommended pediatrician (all 3 in the same building).  The building is really old and nothing is in English.  Ivona and her employees can help us with translations if needed.  I just really hope that we never have to use it.  (I did find out on Wednesday that there are a couple more options...more in next post).

Your Slovak word for the day:
    Dovidenia (Goodbye)