J.K. Rowlingova

In the Czech Republic, the family name of a woman has three extra letters. They are O-V-A, meaning egg in Latin. I knew this to be true before visiting, but was surprised to see the name of a British authorova changed in the Knihy (book) section at Tesco. C'est tres bizarre!

Today, Sofie had a tooth pulled at the dentist. She somehow managed to get a mercury filling at Dr. Hodges' office in Santa Rosa and had a growth on her gums, which we only just discovered a week ago. Caleb took her to the dentist this morning and they thought the growth was a reaction to the very deep filling, so they extracted the tooth. We hope the growth goes away now... It just looks like her gums only is growing outward. Hopefully it is nothing more than a reaction to the filling as assumed by the dentist. Now we don't have to worry about the mercury in her mouth anymore either.
Afterwards her and Anja met at pottery class to paint their pieces for a couple of hours and after that we went out to eat at a restaurant without an English menu where we received free beer and desserts because the waiter didn't put our order in and we sat there patiently for hours. The food tasted great. I don't know if it was a really good restaurant or if it was the wait, or the free beer. The waiter was very nice and said, "Sorry, sorry, sorry," when he realized his mistake even though he really didn't speak English.
Sofie was a hyper spaz all the way home, so I think Caleb was the only one traumatized by the extraction. He passed out and felt bad for taking the attention of the nurses away from Sofie, as they moved him to the couch. He's not sure if he's going to leave on his bike tour for Austria in the morning now.