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evening services and learned that the Baptist minister is the only minister in the world paid by the state. That catch is, of course, that his salary is lower than the common laborer and the congregation is forbidden to give him anything. His is real dedication to preach on such a meager salary.
All the time we were in the country, we were constantly accosted by men who sidled up to us and whispered, “change money?” Czechs are so desperate for hard currency that they will risk arrest to get it.
We learned that “official” rate was 10 korin to the dollar, but the black market would pay you 20 korin to the dollar.
From the ramparts of the old castle, looking down on the city of Prague, you could look across the tree tops and there, whipping and snapping in the wind was the biggest stars and stripes I ever saw. It was the Amercan Embassy, of course, and a wonderful sight for us.
Our last sight as we again crossed the border was the car ahead of us waiting at customs — its seats were torn out, the trunk open, hood open and the driver being led off to be stripsearched.
We heaved a sigh of relief at the friendly Austrian guard who waved us through.
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