Just a quick note I thought would be of interest: Today I saw a patient, a lovely lady of 60, who hails originally from Romania. I relayed tales of my recent travels with the GMC and she in turn proceeded with an amazing tale of communist-era defection.
The tale goes that about 40 years ago she was a 20-something member of a Romanian choir touring Austria. She had purposely packed light all the while planning to defect. At a moment when herr director’s eyes were elsewhere, she ran off to find asylum in the American embassy. Apparently several of her compatriots had the same idea because before long half the choir showed up at the embassy. After spending 5 months at an Austrian refuge camp, she secured an American sponsor and has been here ever since!
Fascinating stuff the way she tells it complete with accent, and the ebbs and flows of escapist reportage.
So…there it is.
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austria,
connections,
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Related entry: Pickpockets in Prague
Remember the old Batman show with all the ker-pows, blam and ooof graphics during the fight scenes? John and I were walking back one lovely morning to our hotel in Prague when an overgrown child gyspy, ok, maybe just some 20 something punk, walked by, reached into John’s pocket and man, he just didn’t see it coming. Too bad the graphics were missing but I think I can say that the moves we pulled were just too fast to add graphics. Guess it was all those Bond movies too…must tell mom that the boob tube came in handy!
John and I walked away totally unscathed, unafraid and feeling quite proud of our tag teaming that helped vanquish the potential thief. We taught him a lesson he won’t soon forget…never underestimate the power of two guys with grey hair after a few Pilsners! We made sure he would never bother any of you again!
See you at the gym or the bar! Rich
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pickpockets,
prague,
security,
travel tales
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