I talked to monks

Finally, after a few weeks of planning I set off to climb up to two Buddhist temples this morning along with Andy and some of my students. In the first one I talked to a monk who could possibly become my teacher for the short spell I mean to stay in a temple. In the other one, however, I found myself somewhat open-mouthed talking to a different sort of monk - a white man, who has been travelling round the world for the past six years now. I came up against some difficulties as I started to talk in Czech... surprise, he comes from Slovakia!