Marie cooks constantly. Vaclav has Parkinsons disease, but he also speaks German and a little bit of English. "Welcome," he says gesturing with a wobbly hand to their home. "Oh, yes." Marie serves us pork steaks, vegetables and rice, followed by apples, kolac, chocolate. Their dog, Bara, is fat as a tick after too much blood sucking. Marie reports that Bara has eaten three whole chickens over the course of two weeks.
Vaclav tells us about traveling to China with Prague's orchestra in the 1950's. He played the bassoon. "It was terrible, being married to a musician," Marie says. "He was a good looking man, and there were too many women around." Vaclav chuckles happily. "Oh, yes."
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