Not too much to report on my end. Tonight we'll be joining my husband's friend for dinner at an Italian restaurant. We were having fun reading the menu at home, beforehand, pretending to order the dishes in Czech using heavy Italian accents and gesticulations. I think I beat my husband for the most accurate and ridiculous. LOL! Tomorrow we plan to drive to see a major exhibition of art by Alfons Mucha.

I've been bugging Hubby about finally planning some trip to France (to look for possible places to live). Hopefully we'll decide soon. Frankly, the aggression of Russian Vladimir Putin on the Ukrainian border is quite concerning. I don't wish to be too alarmist, but if that sucker manages to get away with it, who knows how far he might try to go. He's friends with Hungarian president Viktor Orban, the latter of which is not looked at too poorly by certain "peoples" in the US. The whole political situation in the world is scary. I think many aren't paying attention or realizing it to the degree that they should. History CAN and DOES repeat itself. Czechoslovakia wasn't strong enough to defend itself in WWII. Czech Republic is not much stronger to do so today, without real (and strong) allies. Also, Czech Republic has its own "Viktor Orban types", as does Poland and small sectors of people even elsewhere in Europe. Populism is on the rise and has some relationship to Nationalism. It's not a friend to democracy or psychiatry...and certain other ideas, peoples and systems.