Bruce R. Berglund

Bruce Berglund at Hradčany, Prague, leading a school group.

Bruce and his lovely wife, Meghan, at Lake Bohinj, Slovenia.

Bruce with friends at Gostilna Ravbar, Rodica, Slovenia (and Ravbar beer from a Czech recipe)

Career:

Associate Professor of History at Calvin College

Languages:

I can lead a normal life in Czech, conduct research in Slovene, read billboards in Croatian, and count to three in Hungarian.

Countries lived in:

Czech Republic (summer 1995, 1997-98, and 2005-06), and Hungary (fall 2009)

Favorite place:

Lake Bohinj in Slovenia

Hobbies:

Coaching Little League baseball, building sandcastles on the Lake Michigan shore Favorite food: My wife's pumpkin bars with cream-cheese icing. When in Europe, I crave deep-fried potato pancakes (bramboráky), bread dumplings and goulash, and honey cake (medovník)

Favorite drink:

One of the famous Czech brews (Budvar, Radegast, or Krušovice), you might guess. But, in truth, I prefer the bite of a good IPA.

Favorite book:

Lolita (with a nod of appreciation to Professor Parker and his Nabokov course)

What's on your iPod?:

Čechomor, Fanfare Ciocârlia, Goran Bregović, Budapest Bár, and gipsy.cz