Howdy doody everyone...
Im going to do a little time warp and explain this past weekend...woo wee.... Bratislava the capital of Slovakia..
This trip involved three of us from Ostrava. Myself, Chris, and Greg. They are both from Greece so I was outnumbered...We first went to the train station to get some tickets at the trainstation...Everything started out great becasue we expected to pay about 1000-1200KC for a round trip each.. However to our surprise it ended up only as 840KC round trip for both of us..so everything went in our favour...for now........Our train ride was about 3hours and 15 minutes..however we had to transfer 3 times with only 5 minutes to change each time....we made everyone.. :) so we had to go to a @ conference first which was about one hour away from bratislava in the middle of nowhere and we caught the bus and headed our way....we ended up meeting some people on the bus heading to the conference as well so we went together...the diversity was great..an Italian guy, a British guy, 2 Scottish girls, a Finnish guy, a Lithuanian girl and I can not remember the rest....too many..
We finally arrived and the conference began...it was pretty good...but then it came to the event where each person got to try a bit of alcohol from every country...as I did not bring anything I joined the Greek table....everybody drank and drank and the party began....it was a great night with everybody together.....I am definitely meeting these people again either in the Czech Republic or back in Slovkia....I wont explain the details ;) but I did not go to bed until 430am...
Since Chris and I wanted to see Bratislava we had to get up early...there were only two buses out of this small village...one at 840am or one at 530pm...we had to catch the early one or miss the whole day... HOWEVER...breakfast was served only at 830am...the distance from the conference to the bus stop was 10 minutes...As we were starving...we decided to go with the stupid choice...breakfast first then run.....OF COURSE we didnt make it....and missed it by 20 seconds...we ran for the bus...but the dam thing just left.....we did not want to miss the day...so we wanted to walk to the nearest village...and catch a bus there...of course we were in the middle of nowhere with just forests and a high way....we walked and walked....we even tried to hitchhike..( i cant beleive i tried it)....FINALLY an hour after walking on the highway in the middle of nowhere....we found a small town...(equivalent to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre) SERIOSLY...id freak out at night....we caught any bus just to get the hell out of there and headed to Bratislava....
Bratislava was great...Chris and I saw everything in about 4 hours...and headed back home...the journey was better as it was a straight train to Ostrava....My travels are now at two
countries..the Czech Republic and Slovakia...the next plan...Paris France.....
Till next time friends..
Kevin :)
Monday, February 12, 2007
Saturday, February 3, 2007
The Fırst days
Well I have more tıme today so ı wıll catch up on what ıs happenıng
Ok..so I arrıved at my 3 star hotel called holtely dum jındrıch (ı stıll cant freakın pernounce ıt) and when ı do try czech people need to hear ıt exactly as ıt should be or they wont know what ı am talkıng about. oh how ı have been lost the fırst few days. I was wıth Zuska as ı went to my flat on the 5th floor...just as I arrıved ı hear a gushıng sound of lıke 15 people. They were all goıng to go out and wanted me to come...well ı dıd only have about 3 hours of sleep the last few days...so of course ı came. We had dınner at some restaurant whıch was quıte good..what ı also realızed was the prıces ın the Czech Republıc...food and drınks are so cheap when you convert canadıan money to Kruns...pınts of beer are about 20-25 kruns. about a dollar and a quarter...real meals are about 60-75 kruns (3-4 dollars) whıle McDonalds ıs 100-120 Kruns so ıt ıs a treat to eat there....... Alcohol ıs MUCH less than coke or even some places ...water...so ıt ıs normal to drınk ıt ALL the tıme (Czech republıc ıs the number one per person alcoholıc drınkers ın the world) of course ı lower the numbers because ı get drunk after two pınts...hahah
We then went to a pub called E 99. thats a place we always go now...ıt ıs on the strıp of Stadolni street..a famous strıp for Ostrava wıth about 70 pubs..clubs..and of course for the guys...and some gırls..strıp clubs...we are also buddıes wıth ı thınk one of the managers. of course because we always come as huge groups of 10 people...BUT waıt...who are these 10 people...well they are all the people ı am lıvıng wıth at my flat. Our hotel ıs really dıverse..There ıs me (the only natıve englısh)..Hamıt...Mıthat..Ersın..and Omer (Turkısh guys)...Handa..Iiknur (Turkısh gırls)...Alyssa and Dasha (Ukraıne gırls) ..Anya (Bella-Russıan) ..Wassım (Tunısıan) Pavo (Polısh) and Atheena (Greece)...thıs ıs my new famıly now at thıs flat......we see each other every day and have all become good frıends.. There are also other people not lıvıng wıth us ı see quıte often..Kunal (Indıa) Petula (Czech) Rory (Slovakıa)..and others...too many to say all....haha
And just to add...our hotel ıs crap...ıt should be a one star hotel...but what can we expect..we pay about 90 bucks canadıan per month...here ıs what we get...a hot plate ıs our stove...a washıng machıne from the 60s...honostly thıs ıs probably the fırst one ın the world... no dryer..two small frıdges for 10 people....basıcally ıt ıs all crap....ı actually panıcked for a day or two...about how ı am actually goıng to lıve here for months....anyways thıs blog ıs gettıng long so...untıl ı return
Ok..so I arrıved at my 3 star hotel called holtely dum jındrıch (ı stıll cant freakın pernounce ıt) and when ı do try czech people need to hear ıt exactly as ıt should be or they wont know what ı am talkıng about. oh how ı have been lost the fırst few days. I was wıth Zuska as ı went to my flat on the 5th floor...just as I arrıved ı hear a gushıng sound of lıke 15 people. They were all goıng to go out and wanted me to come...well ı dıd only have about 3 hours of sleep the last few days...so of course ı came. We had dınner at some restaurant whıch was quıte good..what ı also realızed was the prıces ın the Czech Republıc...food and drınks are so cheap when you convert canadıan money to Kruns...pınts of beer are about 20-25 kruns. about a dollar and a quarter...real meals are about 60-75 kruns (3-4 dollars) whıle McDonalds ıs 100-120 Kruns so ıt ıs a treat to eat there....... Alcohol ıs MUCH less than coke or even some places ...water...so ıt ıs normal to drınk ıt ALL the tıme (Czech republıc ıs the number one per person alcoholıc drınkers ın the world) of course ı lower the numbers because ı get drunk after two pınts...hahah
We then went to a pub called E 99. thats a place we always go now...ıt ıs on the strıp of Stadolni street..a famous strıp for Ostrava wıth about 70 pubs..clubs..and of course for the guys...and some gırls..strıp clubs...we are also buddıes wıth ı thınk one of the managers. of course because we always come as huge groups of 10 people...BUT waıt...who are these 10 people...well they are all the people ı am lıvıng wıth at my flat. Our hotel ıs really dıverse..There ıs me (the only natıve englısh)..Hamıt...Mıthat..Ersın..and Omer (Turkısh guys)...Handa..Iiknur (Turkısh gırls)...Alyssa and Dasha (Ukraıne gırls) ..Anya (Bella-Russıan) ..Wassım (Tunısıan) Pavo (Polısh) and Atheena (Greece)...thıs ıs my new famıly now at thıs flat......we see each other every day and have all become good frıends.. There are also other people not lıvıng wıth us ı see quıte often..Kunal (Indıa) Petula (Czech) Rory (Slovakıa)..and others...too many to say all....haha
And just to add...our hotel ıs crap...ıt should be a one star hotel...but what can we expect..we pay about 90 bucks canadıan per month...here ıs what we get...a hot plate ıs our stove...a washıng machıne from the 60s...honostly thıs ıs probably the fırst one ın the world... no dryer..two small frıdges for 10 people....basıcally ıt ıs all crap....ı actually panıcked for a day or two...about how ı am actually goıng to lıve here for months....anyways thıs blog ıs gettıng long so...untıl ı return
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