Prague Journal

Friday, October 01, 2004

How foolish we were to think that our broadband connection would be working this morning, and how surprised that we received intermittent connection during the day, and puzzled that we were not able to connect at all by late afternoon.
The advent of fall weather has impelled us to put our summer clothes away and turn on the furnace. Prague is too cool now to hang clothes outside to dry and much too cool to leave the house without a sweater or jacket.
Molly’s high school friend Lee Granas is in Prague for a conference, so we arranged to meet her at the Spanish Synagogue at 6:30 p.m. in anticipation of services at 7. Only a few of us showed up, none of whom had any official connection with Bejt Praha or the Spanish Synagogue so none of us knew why there was no service this evening. There was a sign – at all the synagogues – that the museums would be closed this weekend for unnamed holidays – but the Altnai Shul had services as usual at dusk (around 6 p.m.). We found out later that Bejt Praha services were cancelled because Peter had had surgery. He had been diagnosed with appendicitis shortly after Rosh Hashanah and had said that he did not want to do anything until after Yom Kippur. We had been concerned about him during our trip to Athens, so we were relieved to hear that he is now recovering nicely.
We tried to get in to the Jewish Town Hall to see the Sukkah on the fourth floor, but were prevented from entering the building (no surprise). Lee had promised to meet a friend who was arriving from Berlin later that evening, so we parted ways with plans to get together on Saturday. Rick and I decided to have a quiet dinner at home – complete with candles, wine and bread – our most traditional Shabbat since we left Denver.

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