Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Oh dear me...

Well, where to start? The flight over went very well (aside from the lack of sleep). We landed in Frankfurt about 40 minutes ahead of schedule. I was pretty glad because I was a bit stressed out about having to go through security and having enough time to make our connection. There was really no need to fear; the line going through security was short, and they had people there to tell you what to do. They were much nicer in Frankfurt than they were in Seattle, and we didn't have to remove our shoes! We had about an two hour layover, so we made perfect use of our time-- we drooled over the seemingly endless parade of hot men. I think that we were both content to stay in that airport for the rest of our lives!

Our trip from Germany to Prague was extraordinarily short; I don't think it took 30 minutes. On the airplane, I sat next to three American women who were on vacation. They asked for my email and phone number so we could all meet up this week. We decided to take a haunted pub tour, and I was thrilled to find an email this morning requesting our presence tomorrow evening. Our landing in Prague was less than wonderful. I was really afraid that we flew all that way to die in a crash landing. Alas, we survived. When we walked into the terminal, I was astounded to see the only people in the airport were from our flight; it was completely empty otherwise. We retrieved our luggage very quickly,and started for the security section. When we got there, they just kind of looked at us like, "What the hell do you want?" Apparently, there is no need to go through customs in Prague. So we walked outside to find our driver "Jerry" holding a sign with my name on it. He was very nice and helped us with our luggage, which I was thankful for, because Courtney not only had three bags, but they also weighed about 100 pounds each (kidding Coco!). As if our landing wasn't bad enough, the drive from the airport to the hotel was the scariest ride I've ever been on in my life. I thought cabbies in London were horrible drivers...I was wrong. Jerry drove like a bat out of hell, weaving through traffic, playing "chicken" on narrow streets with the on-coming traffic. I think my heart rate went through the roof.

The hotel is pretty cool. It's an old building, but it's decorated pretty nicely. The elevator can barely hold three people, let alone two women and five suitcases. Courtney had to go up first. Our room is pretty simple, but it's clean and comfortable. On the door key there's a card that we have to stick in a slot by the door. The card is how we turn on the power in the room. I've never seen anything like it before.

After we kind of settled in, we decided to wander around. We found the Embassy, but it was closed, so we decided to go to Murphy's Irish Pub just up the road. I instantly fell in love with the place. It's a true Irish pub, run by a true Irishman named Peter. I had the best Guinness (sorry Bob), and we met a British ex-patriot named Phil. He gave us the run down on Prague, where to go, what to see, etc. He even bought us a beer. It was great. When we finally left, it was snowing really hard and the wind was blowing. It even thundered. Weird combination of weather; I already miss spring in Yakima. Bedtime came early last night. I zonked out around six; Courtney lasted until around nine. I was up half the night listening to the drunks outside and the sounds around the hotel. If I knew how to work the thermostat, I would've turned it off because it was so damn hot in our room. I finally got up around seven and got ready for the day. Courtney slept in a bit, and then we were off to the Embassy. Someone suggested that we were going the wrong way, so we turned and really went the wrong way. We wandered around for about an hour and decided to get breakfast. Finding breakfast here is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. We finally decided just to eat lunch, and I was glad we did, for we found the greatest little restaurant not far from the hotel. We had a traditional Bohemian meal, which consisted of duck, beef, the best ham I've ever had, dumplings, and red cabbage. We had some great Czech wine too.

After lunch we walked back to the Embassy (which was down the road we started out on earlier, thank you very much) and registered our stay. We walked around for a while, went over Charles Bridge to the Old Town, and went to the Museum of Torture. That was rather interesting. By the time we were finished there, we headed back to the hotel for a nap, and ended up sleeping for about four hours. Now I'm sitting in the lobby typing this post, thinking about dinner, and missing everyone so very much. I hope to hear from people soon. Courtney and I both have Skype accounts, which allows us to video call computer to computer for free. If you already have Skype, my user name is morgen.pero, and Courtney's is courtney_crutcher. Peace out!

2 comments:

  1. Yay for Prague! It sounds like you are having a fab time, I'm so happy! I'm glad you didn't die in your plane landing or cab ride. I can just see you hissing between your teeth in the backseat. I'll get Skype as soon as my new computer arrives. I miss you bunches already my love. Stay safe!

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  2. yea!!!!!!! I'm so glad you guys are safe & having a good time! I'm excited to read more about the adventures of C0C0 & M0M0! Love ya both. :)

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