April 24, 2007
Nitra
our journey to Nitra was surprisingly exciting, as we were driving through unbelieveable picturess landscape, and curly road slowly unveiled tiny chappels and calvaria stops together with morning bus stops, full of waiting schoolmates.
In Nitra, we were avaited unpassionately, at the University of Konstantin, the Philosopher, as none of the partners guessed what will be the development of the situation…we tried to present our plan for the journey through Balkan, together with certain ideas, so that the students of pedagogy and arts understood us and continued to develop their inventions, supporting the project.Our presentation was successful and opened new dimmension to us, how to orientate in similar situations, and to be able to formulate our goal.Students reacted openly and after short hesitation d ecided for two letters from glagolic, representing the mood in the collegium – the first one is U, =university, which is similar to blossoming K – Konstantin, and second was I , in shape of wine glass … Also we got to know, that the University is using form of glagolic letter of C as Cyril, for the annual prize awards. Our guide, Eva showed us the city,including the casttle, where used to stand fortress of Pribina,Rastislav, and Mojmir. We met with people from the monument preservation organisation, who explained to us historical facts and present polemic about the relation to the two prophets – Cyril and Method. Circle, turn of end into beginning were the themes appearing here councidentally cycling together with circular stone table with engraved letters of `proglas`, the codex of the slavs, or at the base of Corrgone, statue, where is the sphere,and other assotiations, , also the cycling echoes in the round shape of old rotunda.Only the bone of saint Cyril, in th e reliqia case draw our attention in, with the help of crosses in circles in chalky- bony white walls of the church. We were listening to story about nearby village `Pastovce` originally `Pastuh`
meaning Pastor, where Cyril was passing as first prophet of christian religion…..
We were heading to this plaace, but it was alredy getting dark, so we jumped across river Danube, the blue dusk, near Estergom cathedral, an stay overnight in Pilis mouintains, ancient land of Celts, Slavs and Huns, we are awaiting meeting with other part of our expedition soon…
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