flashcard update

I ran into my Thanksgiving companions as I walked home last night. [I don't know many people, but it seems like I am always running into them. I saw another acquaintance crossing a square this afternoon. It's quite comforting. This place is starting to feel like home.]

After attempting to see a sold-out Harry Potter, we ended up in a cafe. The topic of flashcards came up. Index cards do exist in the Balkans, but one needs to have connections to get them.

J, one of the study-abroaders told this story:
Their group was touring the Croatian parliament in Zagreb. Everyone was hung over & not paying much attention. The tour guide, a Member of Parliament's aide, had them sit at a the MPs desks for a minute. J saw index cards on the desk he was sitting at. He interrupted the tour guide to ask where he could get some index cards. The tourguide took the students to his party's supply room and gave them a banker's box full of index cards. The group could then make flashcards to their heart's content.